The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomes a new report warning that NHS staff fatigue is still not recognised as a serious risk to patient safety. The report, published today by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB), found that staff fatigue contributes directly and indirectly to patient harm. Despite this, the HSSIB found little evidence… Read more »
Humanists UK has criticised Cardiff Council for displaying banners across the city which feature text saying ‘Trust in Jesus, He is Alive, Come to Church!’ and then feature its logo at the bottom. While this is almost certainly paid advertising from an external organisation, this is not stated and so the impression given is… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Professor Richard Dawkins has hit out at science teachers being “so ignorant of science” after a poll showed a majority backed the teaching of creationism in schools. The outspoken Oxford professor was responding to research out last month by pollster Ipsos Mori which found 65 per cent of teaching staff backed its… Read more »
By Laura Miller Low paid workers are often closer to the bread line than those who have lost their jobs due to the recession, a report published today has revealed. In-work poverty – where a person lives in a household with an employed person but where the income is still 60 per cent less than… Read more »
