£70,000 DDA compensation: NHS should have made reasonable adjustments

A nurse has been awarded £70,000 compensation for unfair dismissal, after a tribunal found that the NHS had breached the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 by failing to make reasonable adjustments for the nurse's neck injury.

Diane Whitten suffered neck and back injuries back in January 1999 when the strap snapped on a heavy bag she was carrying at work. Ms Whitten was then dismissed in September 2000 because she was unable to carry out her normal work duties.

In 2002, an employment tribu... (61 more words)

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