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 Peter Wozniak Ex-prime minister Gordon Brown has used his first major speech since leaving office to call for worldwide co-operation in financial regulation, and to subtly denigrate the coalition’s economic strategy. Mr Brown, speaking at Harvard University, where he is a visiting fellow, urged world leaders to set out global rules for regulating banking… Read more »
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