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Just Under £300,000 Paid Out to Teachers Injured in Workplace

More than 290,000 was paid to teachers and lecturers who were injured on school property following accidents in the workplace last year. The figures come from Teachers union, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) and does not take into account private litigation. The figures from the EIS showed that in the all of their cases […]

Glasgow Company Fined Following Worker’s Hand Injury

A Glasgow print and packaging company have been fined £40,000 after a worker’s hand was severely injured following an incident with a machine he was using. The employee, who had been employed in the company for a significant amount of time was injured when his hand was pulled into an embossing and foiling machine he […]

Scotland Complains About Less than 1% of Scottish Health Service Activity

Last year (2014/15), the Scottish Health Service had a 0.05% complaint rate, according to Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland – published at the end of September 2015. Specifically, taking all hospital visits (including A&E visits) together with all GP, outpatient, dental and ophthalmic appointments into consideration, a total of 22,417 complaints were made by patients […]

IOSH Course Helping Employers Make UK Workplace Safer

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has developed a training programme, which provides business leaders with the knowledge they require to appropriately manage health and safety within their respective enterprises. Crucially, the training package is specifically designed for business leader who have limited spare time on their hands. Commenting on the course, which […]

Lothian Health Board Fined Over Death of Pensioner

Lothian Health Board has been fined £40,000 following the death of a pensioner after she was struck by one of its vans as she crossed a clearly marked pedestrian route into Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital. Seventy-seven-year-old Ellen Cornwall was on her way to visit her husband in the hospital when she was struck by the […]

Top Cyclists Want Presumed Liability Law

Two top cyclists, Silas Goldsworthy and Martin Williamson, have given their support to the Road Share campaign – which calls for presumed liability to be introduced in Scotland’s civil law to better protect cyclists involved in road accidents. If presumed liability was to be introduced in Scottish civil law, a hierarchy of responsibility would be […]

Health Board criticised over care

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman has recently published details of its investigation into a complaint against NHS Grampian by a father whose premature baby had died shortly after birth. According to the Ombudsman, the pregnancy had been a difficult one, with the mother suffering from a number of health issues, and the baby had not […]