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Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
EHRC: The Equality & Human Rights Commission has published new guidance on the public sector equality duty (PSED) under the Equality Act. The guidance gives a straightforward, but comprehensive, explanation of how public authorities – both as employers & service providers – should comply with the duty, as well as practical advice on how to do so.
While this guidance is not a statutory Code of Practice, it can be used as evidence in legal proceedings. The courts have said that a body subject to the equality duty that does not follow non-statutory guidance such as this will need to justify why it has not done so.
BHF: New guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) supports the use of the ‘WatchBP Home A’ device by healthcare professionals in primary care to opportunistically detect atrial fibrillation (AF) during measurement of blood pressure. AF is one of the most common types of abnormal heart rhythm and a major cause of stroke if left untreated.
FSA: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published final guidance that will help financial firms avoid creating & operating incentives schemes that drive mis-selling. The guidance applies to all firms that deal with consumers and have sales staff or advisers who are part of an incentive scheme.
