News
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 »
Latest articles
Another British soldier accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners has had a charge against him dropped. On the order of the presiding judge, a court martial in Germany cleared lance corporal Mark Cooley, 25, of pretending to kick a prisoner held at a British aid camp. The soldier, from Newcastle, still faces two other charges, including… Read more »
Liberal Democrat frontbencher Steve Webb has won the inaugural Hansard Society Award for the most innovative use of technology to encourage participation in politics. Mr Webb, MP for Northavon, has been running a series of online and text messaging surveys on his constituency website. He won out over fellow nominees Labour’s Anne Campbell – who… Read more »
