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Today the GMC has issued a formal apology for taking regulatory action against a number of doctors because they had convictions based on sexuality. The GMC has said it is ‘truly sorry’ for compounding the harm caused by homophobic laws and attitudes, that were in place into the 1980s and beyond. Reacting to the news, Dr Caroline… Read more »
BASC has welcomed a government decision to launch a public consultation on a proposal to remove sound moderators from firearms licensing controls. Launched today, the Home Office consultation seeks views on proposals to amend the definition of firearm in section 57(1)(d) of the Firearms Act 1968, removing the reference to sound moderators. Currently, sound moderators… Read more »
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There is a “strong case” for harmonising the ages at which young people can drive, drink, vote and get married, David Cameron said today. The Conservative leader said there was “confusion” in age-related legislation which, combined with the absence of any cultural rite of passage in Britain, made it difficult for young people to know… Read more »
A radical shake-up of the system for providing medical expert witnesses in court has been announced today, to address fears that current witnesses are not reliable. Chief medical officer Liam Donaldson proposed that rather than individual legal teams contacting individual doctors to act as witnesses in family courts, as now, the system be organised and… Read more »
