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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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The newest member of the Cabinet, Ruth Kelly, has dismissed claims that her personal religious beliefs will inevitably conflict with her role as Secretary of State for Education. In an interview with The Daily Mirror, Ms Kelly downplayed the influence her relationship with the Catholic conservative movement would have on her role in guiding education… Read more »
The Prime Minister Tony Blair is predicting that US president George Bush will adopt a more consensual foreign policy in his second term of office. In an interview with the Guardian, Tony Blair said his American counterpart understood unilateral military force alone was insufficient in the war on terrorism. According to Mr Blair, Mr Bush… Read more »
