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 »
Latest articles
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown last night delivered a wake-up call to European leaders, describing economic dogma across the EU trading bloc as anachronistic and counter-productive. The Chancellor said a fundamental rethink of the assumptions governing market reform and liberalisation across the 25-member EU was vital if countries were to meet the challenges presented… Read more »
The head of the Government’s education watchdog Ofsted has predicted GCSEs and A-levels will be soon consigned to history. With increasingly vociferous calls from schools and colleges to axe the traditional exams, David Bell said Education Secretary Ruth Kelly was poised to replace them with a new diploma. But yesterday Ms Kelly pledged to retain… Read more »
