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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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A new Private Member’s Bill has been launched in the House of Commons that would give the public the right to correct factual inaccuracies in the press. The Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill would give editors three days to agree to publish a prominently placed correction, after which complainants could take their case… Read more »
Home Secretary Charles Clarke is set to publish the highly controversial Prevention of Terrorism Bill later today. The bill is likely to contain plans to place terrorist suspects under control orders – including house arrest. Mr Clarke has been in talks with opposition party leaders this week on the bill, but a compromise does not… Read more »
