The Ministry of Justice has been forced to pay out compensation to seventeen staff contaminated by dirty needles in drug-ridden prisons over the past six months. Settlements, including legal costs, came to £660,000 from 2016 to 2021 after staff contracted diseases like hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV on the job from sharps injuries. NeedleContinue reading “The Ministry Of Justice Has Paid £660,000 In Damages”
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PPE Items Worth £2.7 Billion Ordered To Help NHS Staff Fight COVID Will Be Disposed Of
A minister has revealed that almost five billion items of NHS personal protective equipment worth £2.7 billion will go to waste. Health minister Edward Argar revealed more than 36.4 billion items were ordered by the Government’s PPE programme since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, and he said, of this, about 3.4 billionContinue reading “PPE Items Worth £2.7 Billion Ordered To Help NHS Staff Fight COVID Will Be Disposed Of”
Life For Everyone Has Been Tough
The Duke of Sussex has said that vulnerable children shouldn’t be ignored amid the global COVID 19 crisis. The father of one, who remains the patron of WellChild, a charity for seriously ill children, said he’s spoken with the families the organisation supports in a letter attached to their impact report for 2020. The DukeContinue reading “Life For Everyone Has Been Tough”