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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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Advertising restrictions on cigarettes and tobacco, believed to be among the toughest in the world, come into force today. Shops, pubs and clubs wishing to sell tobacco products will only be permitted to have advertisements the size of a paperback book, 30 per cent of which must be taken up by health warnings. Any violation… Read more »
A backbench rebellion on both the Conservative and Labour sides of the House was not enough to prevent ID cards clearing their first parliamentary hurdle last night. Despite opposition from the Liberal Democrats and both Conservative and Labour backbenchers, the Government bill passed its first reading by 385 votes to 93. The figures indicate that… Read more »
