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The newly approved routing criteria is hoped to clearly define the circumstances for when highly specialised technologies (HSTs) will be routed to the HST programme which is designed to evaluate technologies for ultra-rare debilitating conditions.

The EAT has clarified that an employee contractually required to work variable shift lengths is not automatically entitled to additional pay for longer-than-expected days.

The first day of the Lords Committee stage saw a series of technical government amendments to the guaranteed hours provisions in the Employment Rights Bill.

The EAT has upheld a tribunal’s decision that confusion over budget arrangements rather than part-time status explained the treatment of a job-share employee whose overtime request was refused.

The UK Government and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) have agreed to accelerate the planned review of the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing, Access and Growth (VPAG).

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published an interim update on the practical implications of the Supreme Court's judgment in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.