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Deregulation of First Aid Training at Work

Changes to legislation in effect from 1st October 2013 – how it impacts your business On 28th November 2011, Professor Ragnar Löfstedt submitted a report called ‘Reclaiming Health and Safety for all’ – this was an independent review...

ITV to air First Aid Documentary

We thought we’d pass on the news that ITV will this week be airing a one-off special documentary on First Aid in Britain. As far as we know, the programme How to Save a Life will explore the issues surrounding the UK’s poor cardiac arrest survival rates, looking at...

Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease

An outbreak of Legionnaires’s disease has hospitalised a worker at St Christopher’s Hospice, in Sydenham, and affected two other inpatients.The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been working with the hospice to investigate how the infection may have been...

Healthcare provider prosecuted after patient death

A  national healthcare provider has been fined £100,000 after an elderly patient died at a private hospital in High Wycombe. The  Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted BMI Healthcare Limited for safety  failings that led to the death of Michael Walsh, 85, from...