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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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Nearly 50,000 people in England were waiting over six months for an operation at the end of April 2005, new figures show. This represents an increase of over ten per cent on figures for March, but a fall of nearly 50 per cent on the figures for April 2004, when 84,000 people waited more than… Read more »
Reports that Caledonian MacBrayne, the state-owned Scottish ferry company, is planning to offshore its crew is causing concern that the company may be privatised. Angus MacNeil, SNP MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles), has been approached by Cal-Mac staff concerned that the Scottish government is easing the way for competitive tendering on… Read more »
