HSE Report: Cleaning Firm Fined Over Porter's Death At Royal Bolton Hospital.

A national cleaning company has been fined £175,000 after a hospital porter was killed by an industrial waste compactor in Bolton.

Peter Bonomy's neck was broken when the lid on the large metal container slammed down on him at the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth in 2006.

His employer, ISS Mediclean Ltd, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found the company had allowed porters to load the waste compactor in an unsafe manner.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2012/coi-nw-40iss.htm

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DoH Bulletin 241

On the agenda this week: the Secretary of State writes to all NHS staff following the Royal Assent of the Health and Social Care Bill this week, the Prime Minister announces a new challenge on dementia and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement introduces the NHS Patient Feedback Challenge.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/03/the-week-issue-241/

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The Month: Special Bulletin 52

This special issue of ‘the month’ carries a detailed letter from NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson on the passing of the Health and Social Care Bill and what the new Act means to the NHS now and from 2013/14.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/03/the-month-special-march-2012/

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Guidance On Future Ownership And Management Of PCT Owned Estates

The guidance published does not cover existing arrangements, but provides guidance on accounting implications of the transfers of primary care trust (PCT) estate taking place upon PCT abolition.

Subject to the passage of the Health and Social Care Bill through Parliament. PCTs will be abolished in April 2013, requiring the development of new policies in respect of the PCT estate.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/03/guidance-future-ownership/

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DoH Bulletin 240

On the agenda this week: the 2011 NHS Staff Survey results are published with a summary plus full report for all trusts, the Department confirms £10 million of funding for children’s hospices, and the first national lung cancer campaign is announced, aiming to encourage people with a persistent cough to visit their GP and raise public awareness of the symptoms of lung cancer.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/03/the-week-issue-240/

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer: Just A Sixth Of H&S Regulation To Be Left Untouched

The Chancellor has promised that 84 per cent of health and safety regulation will be scrapped or improved, according to this year’s Budget.  

Last year, in its response to the Löfstedt review, the Government said it is committed to reduce health and safety regulation by more than half. The latest figure announced in the Budget takes into account last year’s Red Tape Challenge, which asked the public and business for their suggestions on which laws could be amended, or revoked entirely.

http://www.shponline.co.uk/news-content/full/just-a-sixth-of-h-s-regulation-to-be-left-untouched

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NHS Staff Survey Results: Stress Remains High Among Nursing Staff

Nearly a third of health-care workers suffered from work-related stress last year, prompting speculation that on-going organisational change in the NHS is having a detrimental impact on employee well-being. Findings from the ninth annual NHS staff survey revealed that 30 per cent of NHS staff reported they had experienced stress related to their jobs last year – a rise from 29 per cent in 2010 – while, among ambulance staff, the figure hit 34 per cent. The latter are also more at risk from physical violence. Overall, 8 per cent reported experiencing physical violence from patients, their relatives, or other members of the public in 2011 – but this figure shot up to 20 per cent among ambulance-trust employees, and 12 per cent among staff in mental-health trusts……

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