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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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By politics.co.uk staff Millions of people who care for ill relatives or friends are being let down by the government, a report has claimed. The public accounts committee has attacked the benefits system which distributes money to carers and those being cared for as unnecessarily complicated. Its latest report is critical of the way the… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The conviction of three terrorists for a plot to destroy transatlantic airliners has prompted a wave of relief from government ministers, past and present. This morning ex-security minister Tony McNulty told the BBC the convictions were a “vindication” for the crown prosecution service, the police and the security services. They had faced… Read more »
