Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Ed Miliband will reportedly not be able to visit Afghanistan until February, prompting accusations that Downing Street has ‘vetoed’ the Labour leader’s plans to go to the country before Christmas. The Labour leader, already said to be smarting over being pipped in precedence by Nick Clegg during the wreath-laying at the Remembrance… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff ‘Lolita’ beds and Playboy pencil cases are among the products facing a crackdown against the sexualisation of young people. An independent inquiry chaired by Mothers’ Union chief executive Reg Bailey gets underway from today tasked with recommending what steps should be taken. It follows concerns expressed by prime minister David Cameron in… Read more »
