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Change to the information provided on adverse events in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC).

• Updated: 3 February 2026

You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave

• How it works

  You and your partner may be able to get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and…

• Eligibility for birth parents

  To be eligible for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared…

• Eligibility for adopters or parents using a surrogate

  To be eligible for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared…

• What you'll get

  You can share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay between…

• When you can start

  You can only start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) or Shared Parental Pay…

• Booking blocks of leave

  You can book up to 3 separate blocks of Shared Parental Leave (SPL)…

• Applying for leave and pay

  To get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) or Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) you must:…

Your employee can take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) if they're eligible and they or their partner ends their maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL, splitting blocks of leave and record keeping

• Overview

  Employees may be able to get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory…

• Eligibility

  Sometimes only one parent in a couple will be eligible to get Shared…

• Entitlement

  If an employee is eligible and they or their partner end maternity or…

• Starting Shared Parental Leave

  For Shared Parental Leave (SPL) to start, the mother or adopter must do…

• Blocks of leave

  An employee taking Shared Parental Leave (SPL) can split their leave into…

• Record keeping

  You must keep records for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), including: the…

• Help with statutory pay

  For financial help with statutory pay, you can: reclaim payments (usually…

Screening decision to replace one wooden pole as part of an 11kV, 2600 metres overhead line.

• Updated: 8 January 2026

STIRL provides specialist and reference services to detect, investigate and characterise clinically important STI pathogens.

• Updated: 21 January 2026

Guidance on the collection, verification, and reporting of safety events in clinical trials of an investigational medicinal product.

• Updated: 12 January 2026

A chemical library of 250,000 compounds, evaluated in a blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum growth inhibition assay

• Updated: 1 January 2014

Centrally approved spending for property, advertising, consultancy, technology and recruitment.

• Updated: 14 May 2025

How to make a negligible value claim for unquoted shares, and how to check if shares previously quoted on the London Stock Exchange now have negligible value.

• Updated: 27 January 2026

How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries – and report actions taken under a licence.

• Updated: 22 October 2025