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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has welcomed a vote in the House of Lords to strengthen the ‘safe-space’ provisions under which healthcare professionals can take part in investigations that take place following a patient safety incident. Dr Matthew Lee, MDU chief executive said: “The need to move away from a culture of blame, to one… Read more »
Foundation Year 1 members (FY1) of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) have raised over £30,000 which will be divided between the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and the Doctors’ Support Network, two charities which provide health, wellbeing and financial support to doctors and medical students across the UK. The MDU reduced the first-year subscription from £10 to £5 for… Read more »
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MPs have today called for a complete overhaul of the way parking is managed in England and Wales, branding the current system a “mess”. The transport select committee says it is “unacceptable” to have two different parking systems across the country, one enforced by the police and the other by local councils, and calls for… Read more »
The health secretary has rejected calls for the maximum time at which women can have an abortion to be reduced from 24 weeks. Following a private meeting with the archbishop of Westminster, Patricia Hewitt announced that the government’s position on the issue remained the same. “It has long been the parliamentary convention that proposals for… Read more »
