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The employment tribunal (ET) found that the dismissal was unfair because the Trust had not discharged the burden of showing a potentially fair reason for dismissal the Trust had not interviewed the service user in accordance with its disciplinary procedure and Polkey did not apply.

NHS England, through its area teams, remains responsible for ensuring that patients who choose to register out of area can continue to access urgent care during core hours if they cannot reasonably be expected to attend their registered practice.

In this week of our 'Countdown to Law-nch' series, we're looking at the government's attempts to use the draft Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Draft Regulations) to attain smallness within bigness; or to put it another way, the employment of policy and legislation as a vehicle for the encouragement of smaller players in the procurement markets.

Monitor has recently published the results of its investigation into how other comparable health systems work. Monitor found three specific service models in use abroad that might be able to offer benefits if used more widely by the NHS.