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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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George Galloway showed little sign of bowing out quietly from politics last night, after he publicly attacked the prime minister and New Labour. Expelled Labour MP George Galloway publicly attacked Tony Blair’s New Labour yesterday, slamming the PM as the “monkey” to “organ grinder” US President George W Bush. The MP for Glasgow Kelvin also… Read more »
An academic at Oxford University was suspended without pay yesterday after refusing to admit an Israeli student because of his nationality. In June, Professor Andrew Wilkie, Nuffield professor of pathology, rejected an application from Tel Aviv University student, Amit Duvshani. Professor Wilkie was suspended without pay for two months and will have to attend equal… Read more »
