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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Lack of appropriate planning and private sector fundraising threatens UK athletes’ success in the 2012 Olympic Games, according to a Committee of Public Accounts (CPA) report. In one report regarding potential team success, Great Britain’s medal table goals were set at second and fourth respectively for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This summer’s Beijing… Read more »
Israel is failing in its obligations towards the health and welfare of the Palestinian population, an influential group of MPs has said. The MPs also called for diplomats to use the Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas as an opportunity to ease restrictions imposed by Israel on Gaza’s borders. Israeli restrictions have resulted in shortages… Read more »
