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Changes to the GMC’s core guidance for doctors could lead to more regulatory investigations, the MDU warned today. The GMC is currently consulting on a new version of Good Medical Practice including widening the scope of the standards against which all doctors will be judged. Setting these standards is a key function of the GMC. By clearly… Read more »
A review of nurse practitioner cases notified to leading medical defence organisation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), has found nurses now face a similar range of medico-legal investigations into incidents as doctors. Between 2017 and 2021, the MDU helped 400 nurse members with medico-legal processes including complaints, claims, disciplinary procedures and NMC investigations. The MDU… Read more »
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The Financial Times is reporting that the company charged with building the UK’s new carriers cannot build them to budget. BAE Systems has told the Government that it cannot build the two aircraft carriers for the £2.8 billion it claimed in January. The company now believes that the two ships will cost £4 billion, the… Read more »
The Government is to announce plans to invest 6bn pounds of taxpayers’ money into a second stage of offshore wind energy projects. It is thought the bold move could create 20,000 news jobs and partially relieve the UK’s harmful dependency on fossil fuels, the main culprit, scientists believe, causing global warming. It is forecasted that… Read more »
