Emotional Ridvan Yilmaz 's final moments as a Besiktas player have been caught on camera in Spain as the left-back makes tracks for Rangers.
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced a change which now allows nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists to legally certify fit notes, in new measures designed to help reduce the pressure on NHS doctors, particularly GPs by “slashing unnecessary bureaucracy”.
Fit notes provide evidence to employers about a person's absence for more than seven days and any relevant advice on how to support their employees to remain in or return to work. They also provide evidence for claims to benefits, including Universal Credit, for those who are out of work.
Updated guidance for health care professionals and their employers on these changes has been published on the GOV.UK website, setting out how to support people to remain in work while managing a health condition. This has been worked up and agreed with health professionals and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to ensure these changes deliver benefits for both patients and clinicians.
The existing guidance for employers, employees and patients has also been updated - find out more here.
The DWP said this significant change recognises the importance of supporting people to remain in work while managing a health condition by providing advice to an employer about how to support someone. By including a wider range of healthcare professionals, the change also streamlines the process.
The change applies across Scotland, England and Wales and is being mirrored in Northern Ireland. The DWP said it will support and empower better conversations about work and health between employers and staff by making it easier to get advice certified by the most relevant healthcare professional.
It is also hoped it will improve a patient's
Emotional Ridvan Yilmaz 's final moments as a Besiktas player have been caught on camera in Spain as the left-back makes tracks for Rangers.
Franz Ferdinand‘s Alex Kapranos has shared details of a new six-part radio series.In August, Kapranos will join Absolute Radio to host a new series that will run every Sunday night at 10pm from August 7. The show will also see the singer being joined by special guests including Johnny Marr.A statement about the show said: “Alex will be bringing his encyclopedic knowledge of and eclectic taste in music to his own show, as well as anecdotes from over 20 years at the top of the UK indie music scene and insight from across the music world.“Alongside this you can expect the musician to be joined by a range of guests including Johnny Marr, The Cribs and Los Bitchos.”Speaking about the new show, Kapranos said: “I’m happy to say that Absolute Radio have invited me in to take over on Sunday nights, play songs I love, and have a bit of a chat with musicians I like.
Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Belfast Film Festival has named Variety film critic Jessica Kiang and Rose Baker as its new programmers, and has also launched an inaugural feature competition.Kiang and Baker will serve as the creative leads for this year’s BFF, which runs from Nov. 3-12.
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A bustling brood. Former president Donald Trump has a large family tree, with numerous siblings, wives, children and grandchildren.
British Airways (BA) have announced it will axe a further 10,300 short-haul flights until the end of October, causing travel chaos for thousands of holiday-makers.
The Eagles‘ set at BST Hyde Park in London last Sunday (June 26), it’s been reported.Don Henley and co. returned to the capital as part of their 2022 UK and Ireland headline tour, which also included stop-offs in Liverpool, Edinburgh and Dublin this month.
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Adult Disability Payment is set to replace Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for new claimants in seven more council areas this month, following on from the recent launch in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire at the end of June. More than 313, 600 existing PIP claimants in Scotland will start to transfer from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) system to Social Security Scotland this summer, in a move predicted to be completed by the end of 2025.
READ MORE: Stephen Ferris feels Ulster star could move abroad after latest snub But that was only one of his Test starts for him in an injury-hit season and Ulster will be hopeful this latest setback does not hamper his prospects of being ready for the start of next term. Farrell was already dealing with the loss of hooker Rob Herring for the first Test of a series that begins in Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, with Niall Scannell already in New Zealand as back-up, while Mack Hansen is isolating after picking up Covid. In the All Blacks' camp, meanwhile, a third probable backs starter has picked up Covid with Will Jordan joining centres Jack Goodhue and David Havili on the sidelines, along with head coach Ian Foster and John Plumtree, hastening former Leinster and Ireland supremo Joe Schmidt into the set-up.
Bicep have released a new version of fan-favourite ‘Meli (I)’ called ‘Meli (II)’ and have unveiled details of a huge new London show.The new single is a 4×4 live-reworking of the beatless “Meli (I)” from their ‘Isles Deluxe’ release last year.Speaking about the re-working of the original track, the band said: “’Meli (I)’ was a beatless track on ‘Isles Deluxe’. Truth be told we just couldn’t get a drum version right in the studio throughout the pandemic, there were many failed demo versions whilst we were working on ‘Isles’, it just never felt like it worked.“We always knew there was room for this version though, hence naming the original ‘Meli (I)’. ‘Meli (II)’ was formed slowly on the road.
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magazine, the star is asked about his sons, Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estévez, getting into acting, which leads to him talking about changing his name from Ramón Estévez. Sheen says he was «so self-involved and trying to be a provider that I wasn’t aware of their inclination to being actors.» He adds that «the only influence I had on Emilio was to keep his name.»«When he started out, his agent was advising him to change his name to Sheen and he wouldn’t do it,» Sheen recalls. «And I thank God he didn’t.»The 81-year-old actor says changing his name, which he reportedly did because he felt it would earn him more acting roles, is «one of my regrets.»«I never changed my name officially. It’s still Ramón Estévez on my birth certificate.
Closer Weekly. “I never changed my name officially. It’s still Ramon Estévez on my birth certificate.