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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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The NHS is expected to finish this financial year in the black, after the Department of Health (DoH) published its finances for the first quarter. The figures show the health service is making progress on both financial management and performance after incurring a heavy deficit two years ago. However, the Liberal Democrats warned the surplus… Read more »
David Cameron has warned immigration in to the UK is too high and risks over burdening public services. Stepping carefully into immigration politics, Mr Cameron said there were legitimate concerns to be had over immigration and the strain it places on education, housing and the health service. Mr Cameron said: “People have very real concerns… Read more »
