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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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Britain’s new European Commissioner Peter Mandelson has called for a line to be drawn under the long running spat between himself and supporters of Gordon Brown. Allies of the Chancellor still felt disgruntled that he had vested his support in Tony Blair to lead the Labour Party, Mr Mandelson told BBC One’s Breakfast with Frost…. Read more »
The Government is considering tough new anti-terrorism laws amid fears of an al Qaeda attack on Britain, Home Secretary David Blunkett has today announced. Mr Blunkett revealed that officials are looking at a range of tough new measures, which include plans for juryless anti-terror courts and allowing the use of evidence from phone taps in… Read more »
