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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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A teacher forced to retire early as a result of a bullying headmistress has been awarded more than £86,000 in damages and legal costs. Margaret Menzies, 58, who now lives in New Zealand, went on sick leave from her post at Chalgrove Primary School in Barnet, north London in January 2001 with depression. She was… Read more »
Gordon Brown has made the case for greater trade with the USA in a speech to the CBI today. On the eve of president Bush’s state visit, the Chancellor has set out the benefits of expanding trade with the USA, arguing that this represents the EU’s best route to greater prosperity and that it could… Read more »
