The provision of medical aesthetic treatment has expanded rapidly in recent years. The Scottish market is becoming increasingly competitive with access to cosmetic treatments at GP surgeries, dental surgeries, aesthetic clinics, medi-spas and beauty salons. Medical, dental and nursing professionals are entering the market at an unprecedented rate, sometimes as an adjunct to their current medical or dental services.
The recent wave of hot weather in the UK was met with mixed responses, but the most creative (if unsuccessful) solution to staying cool at work was surely the breezy hi-vis kilt worn by a bin collector on his rounds in York as an alternative to his council provided PPE trousers.
I think it was Benjamin Franklin who said nothing in the world is certain but death and taxes. Well, for everyone who had to take a crash course in computer literacy during the pandemic (i.e. me), then I’d include stress within that quote. It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, but if little else, it provides a segue into the fraught arena of workplace stress claims for psychiatric injury.
On 6 April 2022, the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (PPER 2022) came into force to amend the scope of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (PPER 1992). As a consequence, employers now owe duties in relation to PPE to categories of workers who have a more casual employment relationship and who work under a contract for services.
Statistics show that at least 1 in 4 people in the UK experience ill mental health (such as anxiety, depression, addiction and PTSD) each year. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to our daily lives and it was expected that the need for mental health support would increase during the pandemic.
