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Changes to the GMC’s core guidance for doctors could lead to more regulatory investigations, the MDU warned today. The GMC is currently consulting on a new version of Good Medical Practice including widening the scope of the standards against which all doctors will be judged. Setting these standards is a key function of the GMC. By clearly… Read more »
A review of nurse practitioner cases notified to leading medical defence organisation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), has found nurses now face a similar range of medico-legal investigations into incidents as doctors. Between 2017 and 2021, the MDU helped 400 nurse members with medico-legal processes including complaints, claims, disciplinary procedures and NMC investigations. The MDU… Read more »
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The British government has failed to take notice of the danger posed by Saudi dissidents living in London, the kingdom’s outgoing ambassador to the capital has said. Prince Turki al-Faisal said his repeated warnings about radicals fell on deaf ears, while much of his two and a half years in London was spent “going around… Read more »
The Liberal Democrats have hit back at suggestions that judges should refrain from using the Human Rights Act to oppose anti-terror legislation. Tory leader Michael Howard today warned that “aggressive judicial activisim”, empowered by the act, was threatening parliament’s ability to pass the anti-terror legislation needed to ensure Britain’s security. But Lib Dem president Simon… Read more »
