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Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has issued an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging her to take decisive action to tackle the soaring legal costs of clinical negligence claims. In the last year alone, the NHS spent more than £800 million on legal fees relating to clinical negligence… Read more »
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoctrination’. Alongside mandatory Christian collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is therefore discriminatory under human rights law. This ruling will have wide-ranging… Read more »
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Funds meant for tackling long-term health problems are being spent on filling gaps elsewhere in the NHS, public health experts have warned. Projects targeted at reducing obesity rates, smoking and improving sexual health are due to receive £211 million extra funding this year. But the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) said the money… Read more »
Adult learning courses across the country could be closed because of the government’s focus on “skills and employability”, a group of MPs has warned. The latest further education report condemned Alan Johnson for his “grossly over-simplified” approach which has led to a number of higher education institutions shutting courses down. Chairman of the Labour dominated… Read more »
