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Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care – MDU says

Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »

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Fighting Fund delivers significant firearms certificate victory for member

BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »

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Vulnerable refugees arrive in UK

A group of 81 refugees – identified by the United Nations as the most vulnerable – will on Monday arrive in the UK. The group, from the war torn countries of Liberia and the Congo, have been given sanctuary in the UK as part of an international refugee resettlement programme run by the United Nations… Read more »

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Times goes compact
End of broadsheet Times

216 years of publishing history ends on Monday, as The Times switches to a tabloid format. The decision to go fully compact – after trials in London and around the country – was made after sales of the newspaper jumped 4.5 per cent. Although the weekday and Saturday editions of The Times will change, the… Read more »