The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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Angel Merkel today became the first female chancellor of Germany, after being voted in by parliament. The leader of the Christian Democratic party (CDU) will govern a “grand coalition” with the Social Democratic party (SDP) after receiving 397 votes in the Bundestag this morning. But 51 members of the coalition were opposed to her taking… Read more »
Senior MPs today accused Tony Blair of creating his own problems on public services reform by failing to listen to the public or his parliamentary colleagues. During a grilling by the Commons liaison committee, the prime minister was accused of “consulting on the details” but taking all the major policy decisions alone. He was also… Read more »
