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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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Newspaper group Trinity Mirror has announced that it is to cut 550 jobs to try to create a ‘stronger and better performing company’. The group also plans to sell its Northern Ireland newspaper division after the announcement of a six-month strategic review of the company. These announcements come after the company revealed its first-half profits… Read more »
The CIA raised serious objections to several claims in the September dossier on Iraq’s capacity to launch lethal weapons, the Foreign Office admitted yesterday. The CIA raised questions over Iraq’s capacity to deploy chemical and biological weapons within “45 minutes” and the claim that Saddam Hussein had tried to buy uranium from Africa, officials told… Read more »
