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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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Pickles: Doing more with less
The government’s decision to shelve key parts of the Equality Act sets back the cause of equal pay. Given impending cuts which will impact more on women, the coalition needs to rethink its stance. By Preethi Sundaram Forty years since the struggle for equal pay began, women in the UK still earn less, own less… Read more »
