Source: XpertHR case report Date: 09-05-2012 Publisher: XpertHR

Claims against the NHS: employment tribunal decisions

TOPICS:
terms, conditions and employee rights policies and procedures
contracts of employment terms of employment
varying the contract of employment
equal opportunities disability
termination of employment redundancy
dismissal

AUTHOR: Tina McKevitt


In the wake of the employment tribunal decisions in Michalak v Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust ET/1810815/08 and Browne v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust ET/2407264/07; ET/2405865/08; and ET/2408501/08, in which former employees were awarded compensation of nearly £4.5 million and £1 million respectively, these five cases address various employment disputes that arose in the NHS.

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Breach of patient confidentiality justified summary dismissal for first offence
Paramedic's refusal to take emergency call merited summary dismissal
"Covered" rest breaks constituted a reasonable adjustment for a diabetic
Trust's letters about a doctor's fitness to attend court destroyed trust and confidence
Relocation resulted in transferred employee’s redundancy

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Breach of patient confidentiality justified summary dismissal for first offence

In Manwaring v Buckinghamshire NHS Primary Care Trust ET/2701057/2009, the employment tribunal held that a nurse with 30 years’ service was fairly dismissed after improperly accessing a patient’s sexual-health file.

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