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Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) is where previously treatable infections become immune to antibiotics. It has been estimated that AMR may currently kill around 5,000 people a year in England. This number is set to rise.
There has been a massive increase in the number of fitness-to-practise cases reported to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), with ethnic minorities hit hardest.
The law should be changed to allow pharmacists to substitute prescriptions and obtain medicines from other pharmacies. These are the recommendations of Martin Sawer, Executive Director of the Healthcare Distribution Association.
Two years after the UK narrowly voted to exit the EU, we are awaiting certainty of what will happen next. The UK is leaving the EU, but what does this mean for the UK's future relationship with the trading bloc?
Most people would expect a village green to be a haven of peace in the countryside, with a cricket pitch on it and being overlooked by the village pub. However other land can also be legally classified as a "village green".
If you're looking to buy a house, chances are you've been left confused by the number of conflicting predictions on the housing market. You are probably wondering if it is worth waiting for prices to fall or whether you should take the plunge regardless.
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that a British Airways cabin crew member who was paid 50% of a full-time salary, despite being required to be available for work on more than 50% of the days a full-time employee was required to be available to work...
The Pensions Ombudsmen has found that an employee that entered into a valid settlement agreement, which stated that she was compulsorily redundant, could not argue that this was not the case - resulting in her being unable to claim an unreduced pension.
The Charity Commission's work on safeguarding and serious incident reporting has carried on apace, with the conclusion of the work of its safeguarding taskforce and the publication of new guidance in October.
In April 2018 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a report following a programme in which eight charities took part in voluntary information risk reviews.
In an unusual case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) fined a German school €300 (plus interest) for re-publishing an image that a pupil had included in a school project that had been taken from another website.
When things go wrong in commercial arrangements lawyers ask "what does the contract say?". But in the real world, commercial parties are usually looking for a solution not an argument.