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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By Stephen Slominski. The Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, Chris Huhne, has been attacked by Tory candidate Maria Hutchings as “soft on crime” during a live debate in the marginal seat of Eastleigh. “The Liberal Democrats are very soft on crime” Ms Hutchings claimed in the debate on law and order broadcast by the BBC…. Read more »
Judging by what they would like to see passed into legislation, the new generation of MPs are in for a shock. By Alex Stevenson politics.co.uk has been carefully sounding out the views of prospective parliamentary candidates as part of our wannabe-MP questionnaire. The results – in some cases, at least – are a little startling…. Read more »
