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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomes updated COVID-19 guidance for GMC fitness to practise decision makers. The guidance advises them to take account of ‘sustained and extreme periods of fatigue’ among doctors. Dr Caroline Fryar, MDU head of advisory services said: “Yesterday, an MDU survey of over 500 members revealed that one in four doctors admitted being… Read more »
Over a third of doctors say they feel sleep deprived on at least a weekly basis and over a quarter have been in a position where tiredness has impacted their ability to treat patients, a new survey by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has found. The UK’s leading medical defence organisation carried out the survey… Read more »
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Listen to shadow Cabinet member David Willetts discusses the thinking behind his latest book, The Pinch, in an in-depth interview with politics.co.uk:
Three Labour MPs and one Tory peer have had the whip suspended as they face trial allegedly fiddling their expenses. Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield all face charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968. Anyone convicted faces a maximum sentence of seven years’ in prison. Parliamentarians are concerned that… Read more »
