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Yesterday, the Government published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the Human Rights Act. If passed into law, these reforms will have a devastating impact on the fundamental rights of humanists. The Government has announced it wants to reform section 3 of the Act to severely curtail the ability of public authorities and the courts to ‘read… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling for doctors to be safeguarded from the risks of suffering a ‘moral injury’ caused by not being able to provide optimum patient care during the ongoing health crisis. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, made the call in response to today’s publication of the GMC’s state of… Read more »
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Ian Paisley has rejected a nomination by Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams to become the first minister of Northern Ireland. The offer was made during a session at the Stormont assembly this afternoon, but the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader responded with a brief “certainly not”. The 108 members of the Northern Ireland assembly had… Read more »
Cuts to the number of NHS hospital beds should be seen as evidence of a more efficient health service, not one that is struggling to cope, hospital managers insist today. A new report from the NHS Confederation says that although the number of hospital beds has fallen by 31 per cent in the last 20… Read more »
