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Legal responsibility and accountability

01 June 2010

Nursing Management

Feature

Shifting boundaries in healthcare roles have led to anxiety among some nurses about their legal responsibilities and accountabilities. This is partly because of a...

Necessary vigilance

06 August 1997

Nursing Standard

General article

THE RECRUITMENT process is potentially fraught with danger. Inadvertently, employers might find they have entered into a contract which they never intended or...

Protection in times of change

11 March 1998

Nursing Standard

Book Review

EMPLOYMENT LAW tries to strike a balance between protecting the rights of the worker, for example by enforcing the contractual terms agreed at the outset of the...

Nurses await directive

18 December 1996

Nursing Standard

Industrial relations

THE WORKING TIME directive should have been introduced by European Union member states on November 23 but the UK government decided to wait for the result of a...

Rights left

25 September 1996

Nursing Standard

Labour relations

RCN members who worked part-time are among the estimated (i(),(XX) claimants alleging that exclusion from their employer’s occupational pension scheme was contrary...

Right on your side

21 May 1997

Nursing Standard

Special focus on bullying

HARASSMENT, ON whatever grounds, whether from co-workers or patients, is an unacceptable feature of NHS life for many healthcare workers. I would include in my...

Trust loses on flexibility

29 January 1997

Nursing Standard

Labour relations

NHS TRUSTS WERE given the much-vaunted freedom under the 1990 National Health Service and Community Care Act to determine the terms and conditions of employment of...

Birth rights

03 December 1997

Nursing Standard

Review

ANYONE OFFERING advice to a pregnant employee about her maternity rights deserves a bravery award! The present scheme is a mess - a hotchpotch of European and UK...

Whistleblowing and privacy

03 June 1998

Nursing Standard

Review

VERY SHORTLY, the European Convention on Human Rights is expected to be incorporated into UK law.

Family rights

08 July 1998

Nursing Standard

Book Review

EQUAL. OPPORTUNITIES are a priority in the NHS, and chairs and chief executives, among others, are accountable for demonstrating their organisations’ progress in...