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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 »
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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The Government’s drive to reduce poverty among children and pensioners may be working, but childless adults are facing increased poverty. The finding comes in a new report by the New Policy Institute for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It finds that poverty in Britain is continuing to decline, but on a number of indicators some trends… Read more »
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has said he will outline a “patriotic vision” of Britain’s future in the forthcoming Pre-Budget Report. The report on Thursday is being interpreted as a mini manifesto on what Labour aims to deliver in an historic third term of office. Gordon Brown told an audience at the Political Studies Association… Read more »
