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The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
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 »
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Education watchdog Ofsted has graded 16 childcare providers “outstanding” in a new report. More than 1,000 reports detailing the quality of childcare across the UK have been published today, the first since a radical shake-up of Ofsted’s inspection system in April 2005 which introduced the new grades of outstanding, good satisfactory or inadequate for childminders…. Read more »
The government should do all it can to secure a British opt-out from a new European directive on the sale of vitamins and minerals, the Conservatives have said. Shadow health minister Simon Burns condemned today’s decision by the European court of justice to uphold the tightening of the rules governing the sale of supplements as… Read more »
