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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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The recent spate of stabbings is “horrific” the prime minister said today, following the deaths of five young people in less than a week. Speaking at a city academy in east London today, Tony Blair said tougher sentencing would help to target and reduce crimes involving gangs, guns and knives. The maximum sentence for carrying… Read more »
The chancellor’s pre-Budget report (PBR) was “grossly inadequate” and failed to respond adequately to “increasing risks of major and irreversible impacts from climate change”, a cross-party group of MPs has claimed. The commons all party environmental audit committee published its harsh critique of the PBR’s “lack of boldness” ahead of the Budget on Wednesday, in… Read more »
