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 government has dropped a handful of bills from next month’s Queen’s Speech, leading to suspicion Gordon Brown is gearing up for a general election. William Hills has shortened the odds on an election in the first half of next year from 11/4 to 2/1. “All of a sudden there is talk of a General… Read more »
It’s going to be hard to see past the Pre-Budget Report on Monday. For the time being all eyes are on Alistair Darling. The government has done its best to raise expectations over the course of the last month. Persistent references to tax cuts and further help “very, very soon”, as Gordon Brown put it… Read more »
