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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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is said to be lining up Gordon Brown as a possible replacement for Horst Koehler, who resigned as managing director yesterday. While there has been no indication that Mr Brown is planning to quit as Labour’s longest serving chancellor, head of the IMF is one of the few positions he… Read more »
Liberal Democrats leader Charles Kennedy outlined the party’s spending plans for the forthcoming General Election today. He proposed moving some government departments out of London, in order to boost employment in other areas and save money. Mr Kennedy also revealed that a Lib Dem government would scrap the unpopular council tax in favour of a… Read more »
