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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) responded to the GMC workforce report 2024 which found there needs to be more education and training opportunities for locally employed doctors, many of whom qualified from outside the UK. Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, MDU head of advisory services, said: “The GMC’s latest report highlights that the medical workforce is evolving into one… Read more »
Tomorrow, MPs will vote for the first time on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – the first vote on assisted dying in the Commons in nearly a decade. Introduced by Kim Leadbeater MBE, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, the Bill will allow adults who are terminally ill with six months or… Read more »
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Big Issue founder John Bird, Baron Bird says that thousands could be at risk of homelessness thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Courts in England and Wales are hearing rent eviction cases. Homeless charity Shelter estimates that 240 thousand private tenants have fallen into arrears during the coronavirus pandemic. Baron Bird said: “We are about to… Read more »
Prison reform campaigners have criticised the government’s new prison sentencing plans. The plans, outlined in the white paper A Smarter Approach to Sentencing, include ending automatic early release for perpetrators of serious crimes and doubling the sentence for people who assault emergency workers. But Frances Crook, CEO of the Howard League for Penal Reform,… Read more »
