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Number of disabled individuals going self-employed up 30% in 5 years
Fourteen per cent of the UK’s 4.5 million self-employed are disabled individuals, highlighting the growth of the freelancer economy and the flexibl...
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Self-employed and on the NHS waiting list?
The new Health and Social Care Secretary, Sajid Javid, has warned that the number of people on a waiting list for NHS care in England could reach a...
Health & Social Care
Should you take the COVID vaccine if you're pregnant?
Despite the number of daily cases falling in the UK over the past week, doctors are yet to see any reduction in the number of COVID patients admitt...
Health & Social Care
Most COVID deaths in England now are in the vaccinated – here’s why that shouldn’t alarm you
As we get older the risk of dying from COVID doubles every seven years. How do our chances change once we are fully vaccinated from COVID yet new v...
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Health alert: chemical toxins in food affect male fertility and boy foetuses, study finds
Toxic chemicals in our food and environment accumulate in the body and act like female hormones. Men are much more vulnerable than women to in...
Tax
Pension tax is pushing NHS doctors into early retirement. Will locums fill the gap?
The number of doctors taking early retirement from the NHS has more than trebled over the past 13 years, official figures show. Many retired becaus...
Business & Finance
Has the UK's medicinal cannabis reform gone to pot?
Medicinal cannabis was legalised in the UK in 2018, however, the NHS has only administered a handful of prescriptions, it has been reported. By con...
IR35
IR35: Care sector platform Florence to only support PAYE workers - is it worth changing status?
Florence, an online platform that connects care homes directly to nurses looking for extra shifts, has reported that it will no longer be supportin...
Health & Social Care
Under 50s: NHS bosses expect COVID jab shortage in April yet vaccine makers deny claims
News that the UK has impressively vaccinated 25 million people was overshadowed this week after it was revealed that the NHS faces major shortages ...
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COVID: what has happened to all the self-employed dentists?
The measures announced by the Chancellor last year to support the self-employed during the COVID-19 outbreak did not support the majority...
Freelancer Lifestyle & Tales
Funny business: Stanford study shows how to use humour to land more clients
"Laughter is like exercising, meditating and having sex at the same time."Naomi Bagdonas, Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and ...
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Ineligible COVID vaccine candidates jump jab queue through IT loophole
Covid vaccinations meant to protect the vulnerable and NHS health workers in the UK have gone to ineligible people due to an IT loophole, an&n...