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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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David Cameron’s campaign for the Tory leadership received a major boost this weekend with an increase in support both in parliament and among grassroots members of the party. In a letter to today’s Daily Telegraph, ten Tory MPs have said they will be backing the shadow education secretary, taking his parliamentary support to at least… Read more »
Companies who plague consumers with nuisance silent calls could face fines of up to £50,000, trade and industry secretary Alan Johnson announced today. It is part of the government’s efforts to halt the exorbitant increase in such phone calls, which occur when calls generated by computer are automatically ended if there are not enough operators… Read more »
