‘Dramatic’ variation in universities’ occupational health spend

FoI requests suggest some UK institutions have spent just a few hundred pounds per academic over the past six years

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September 15, 2021

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September 15, 2021

A woman on a scooter drives past a 6 meters high statue of a female doctor by Latvian artist Aigars Bikse called "Medics to the World" as a metaphor for ‘Dramatic’ variation in universities’ occupational health expenditure

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