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 UK will remain on the highest possible alert following yesterday’s thwarted terrorist plot, the home secretary has said. John Reid said the threat level would remain critical – meaning a terrorist attack is expected imminently – as a cautionary measure to protect the public. Mr Reid thanked Pakistan for its help in foiling the… Read more »
Tony Blair is said to be optimistic about achieving a UN resolution on the Middle East within the next 24 hours. The prime minister, currently on holiday with his family in Barbados, is continuing to hold phone conversations with other world leaders in search of agreement on the timetable for Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon…. Read more »
