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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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The BBC has confirmed it has a tape recording of Dr David Kelly expressing severe reservations over No 10’s part in the “sexed up” dossier scandal. Dr Kelly apparently committed suicide on Thursday. Downing Street insists he was the “mole” in the media named “dodgy dossier” scandal and forced the Iraq weapons expert to appear… Read more »
British terror suspects Moazzam Begg and Feroz Abbasi will not face the death penalty, Attorney General Lord Goldsmith has said. Mr Begg and Mr Abbas are currently held by US authorities at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, awaiting trial by military tribunal over their alleged involvement with terror network al Qaeda. They have been imprisoned without… Read more »