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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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The Scottish National Party (SNP) is on course to become the biggest party north of the border after next May’s Holyrood elections, a new survey finds. An ICM poll for the Scotsman finds that if there was an election tomorrow, the nationalists would have 43 MSPs, Labour would have 38 and the Liberal Democrats 25…. Read more »
Network Rail, the train operating company that receives £4 billion in government subsidies each year, has made a profit for the first time. Interim results for the six months to September 30th show Network Rail made a pre-tax profit of £747 million, compared to a loss of £108 million last year. All the money will… Read more »
