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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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When Michael Gove stood up in the Commons and announced that leaseholders in lower-rise blocks would no longer have to pay for the removal of dangerous cladding themselves, it seemed like the beginning of the end of a long nightmare for them. Responsibility for the building safety crisis lies with a multitude of companies and… Read more »
Before entering the world of politics, I had a 25-year career in the NHS, latterly leading rare cancer nursing services at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. Cancer patients’ immune response is very often affected by the chemotherapy used to treat their disease, so the management and control of infection is a central concern in… Read more »
