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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 retirement age must be raised to 68 to pay for pensions, or future generations will pay the price with a 4p rise in income tax, John Hutton has warned today. The work and pensions secretary stressed that a gradual increase in the state pension age from 65 to 68 can be agreed now to… Read more »
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has confirmed she has been questioned by police investigating the cash for honours affairs. She stressed she was not interviewed under caution but as a “witness to their inquiry”, and aides said they did not expect her to be questioned again. Ms Hewitt is the first serving cabinet minister to be… Read more »