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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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Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed said yesterday that Diana, Princess of Wales, and his son Dodi were “murdered.” Mr Al Fayed wants to see an official judicial inquiry launched into their deaths. He is seeking a judicial review of the refusal by Lord Advocate Colin Boyd QC to hold an inquiry in Scotland. At the… Read more »
Competition watchdog the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate alleged price fixing between manufacturers and retailers in the cigarette trade. The OFT said there were reasonable grounds to assume there had been a breach of the Competition Act. The watchdog in August wrote to three manufacturers asking for data. Imperial Tobacco, Gallaher, and… Read more »
