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 Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced it will be balloting for strike action. Its executive council said it will be recommending strike action to its members at next week’s conference. It claims that local authorities have failed to honour the pay deal agreed to settle last summer’s strike. General secretary Andy Gilchrist said: “We… Read more »
The Sports Minister has welcomed a deal between the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the British Horseracing Board (BHB). The OFT launched an investigation into horseracing after it identified a number of concerns with the existing structure. Specifically, the level of central control exercised by the BHB and the “way BHB could exploit horseracing… Read more »
