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A review of nurse practitioner cases notified to leading medical defence organisation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), has found nurses now face a similar range of medico-legal investigations into incidents as doctors. Between 2017 and 2021, the MDU helped 400 nurse members with medico-legal processes including complaints, claims, disciplinary procedures and NMC investigations. The MDU… Read more »
A survey of 67,000 doctors in training which shows worrying levels of burnout and exhaustion among the medical profession should concern us all, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today. The GMC’s annual National Training Survey found that the risk of burnout among medical trainees is now at its worst since it was first tracked in 2018…. Read more »
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In a report published this week, the public accounts committee has identified “significant failings” in the management of PPE contracts that could lead to a £2.7 billion bill for taxpayers. The department of health and social care (DHSC) remains in dispute with many suppliers it entered into contracts with over the quality of the PPE… Read more »
Labour MP Naz Shah has sparked debate after criticising No 10’s alleged “secret boycott” of a “controversial” Muslim organisation. On Sunday evening the Daily Mail reported on No. 10’s ”boycott” of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) after Conservative leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt was criticised for meeting with the group in 2021. Shah has been… Read more »
