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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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Former health secretary Alan Milburn is calling today for more flexible working conditions for all employees. The backbench MP claims that new fathers should be granted an extension to paternity leave and should be able to spend up to a year off work with their children without losing their jobs. The former Cabinet minister quit… Read more »
The 17-year-old arrested last week under the Terrorism Act has been charged by police. He was arrested, along with seven others, after a series of dawn raids across the South East last Tuesday which lead to the discovery of a large amount of potentially explosive material. Police revealed that around 700 officers from five police… Read more »
