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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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Californian prosecutors last night charged pop singer Michael Jackson with seven counts of sexual molestation and two counts of giving alcohol to a 12-year old boy. The cancer-stricken boy had spent several weeks at the singer’s Neverland ranch. Tom Sneddon, Santa Barbara county district attorney, listed instances of Mr Jackson’s “substantial sexual contact” with the… Read more »
Mental health services are continuing to lag behind the rest of the NHS, according to a health watchdog. Commission for Health Improvement has published a report today highlighting problems of under investment and inadequate facilities. A national shortage of psychiatrists and inpatient nurses is forcing trusts to rely heavily on bank and agency staff, whom… Read more »
