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Former GP appointed to lead MDU professional services team

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »

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Mixed reactions to Pinochet's death
Pinochet death prompts mixed reaction

Baroness Thatcher is said to be “greatly saddened” by the death of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet – although the government’s response was more ambivalent. The former Conservative prime minister was a supporter of the general and argued against his arrest in London in 1998, on charges of terrorism, genocide and torture. Her spokesman said… Read more »

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David Miliband proposes carbon credit cards
Ministers moot ‘carbon credit cards’

People could be issued with personal carbon allowances which they would spend through a “carbon credit card”, under plans being considered by the government. A new report for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), recommends that such cards, which would be used every time someone bought food, petrol, flights or paid… Read more »