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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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Northern Irish politics remains in a state of flux today as Sinn Fein holds a crucial meeting on the province’s divisive policing issue. While the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) fully supports the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), a proposed body which would be initially controlled from Westminster, Sinn Fein has resolutely opposed the presence… Read more »
Gordon Brown has called for supporters of the United Kingdom to “speak up” against growing separatist calls, saying it could be a “beacon for the world”. Writing in this morning’s Telegraph, the chancellor describes a growing threat from secessionists in Scotland, Wales and even England who seek a break-up of the union as it heads… Read more »
