Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
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The government has circulated a UN Security Council draft resolution urging all nations to ban incitement of terrorist acts. The draft resolution calls on world governments to “prohibit by law the incitement of a terrorist act or acts through the adoption of such measures as may be necessary and appropriate and in accordance with their… Read more »
Brussels officials want immigrants to swear an “oath of faithfulness” to the European Union, rather than a national figurehead, according to reports. This could mean immigrants to Britain would no longer pledge an oath of allegiance to the Queen. Franco Frattini, EU justice and security chief, said he hoped every immigrant would issue a loyalty… Read more »
