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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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Tony Blair has won support from the Dutch premier over his plans to radically reform the EU budget. Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende criticised the EU’s £31 billion farm subsidies and urged European leaders to focus on reform in the interests of ordinary citizens. Writing in The Guardian, Mr Balkenende drew attention to the… Read more »
Passengers are increasingly refusing to use unmanned railway stations as they perceive them to be unsafe, the National Audit Office (NAO) finds in a new report. Although commuters are happier with larger stations, the watchdog finds concerns about cleanliness, car parking, personal security and vandalism and graffiti are putting them off small and medium-sized stations…. Read more »
