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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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Chaos, confusion and high drama permeated Westminster today. politics.co.uk was drinking coffee with a Tory MP in Portcullis House when the news broke. A Labour MP approached to tell him the news only to be met with: “You’re pulling my leg”. Within minutes the building was filled with Tory MPs cramming themselves into their colleagues’… Read more »
This week it was different. This week the mood in the House was much more serious and sombre than it usually is at noon on Wednesdays. Occasionally a Tory MP stood up to offer mockery of the prime minister, but he was met with vocal irritation by the Labour benches and conspicuous silence from his… Read more »
