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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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Over thirty years on since It’s A sin in Europe and the USA, the common image of someone living with HIV is a gay or bisexual man. Yet a third of people in England diagnosed and receiving treatment are women.  Among the people found by the pilot opt out testing of people in A&E,… Read more »
The rapid succession of announcements on NHS dentistry from the political parties in early 2024 points to two things. First, the parlous state the dental service is in (why else such frenzied announcements?) and second, the salience of the issue for huge numbers of voters. Nothing like a looming election to galvanise politicians into action…. Read more »