Following the publication today of a public accounts committee report into NHS financial sustainability, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said the NHS should enact long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. The MDU was one of the few healthcare organisations to submit written evidence to the committee. Dr Mike Devlin, MDU head of… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has partnered with Members of Parliament to secure a debate in the House of Commons focusing on the health and wellbeing of doctors. Sponsored by Dr Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, the Welfare of Doctors debate called for the government and NHS leaders to take more steps to improve… Read more »
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Before the election was called, preparations were well underway for the first Ministerial Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) between the UK and Malaysia in London. If the acronym sounds technocratic, that’s because it is – but no less important for that fact. Future UK economic growth depends on access to new and growing markets… Read more »
The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, sign-up for free here and never miss this essential election briefing. With a week having passed since a sodden Rishi Sunak shocked the country by calling a summer election, both the Conservative and Labour campaigns are in full swing. The Tories, for one, have settled on a… Read more »
