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The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with the Confidential Reporting System for Surgery (CORESS) an independent charity which promotes safety in surgical practice in the NHS and the private sector. Founded in 2005, CORESS receives confidential incident reports from surgeons and theatre staff. These confidential… Read more »
More than 2,000 schoolchildren were treated to an upland educational experience during this year’s Let’s Learn Moor events. Talks and interactive presentations were provided by those who live and work in the uplands including gamekeepers, farmers, conservationists, local organisations and the emergency services. Now in its fifth year the project continues to offer local schools… Read more »
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Phillip Mawer, parliamentary commissioner for standards, has called for radical reform to the way MPs claim expenses. There are currently large differences in what members of parliament claim for, with some MPs claiming almost £175,000 in expenses and others claiming less than £63,000. As a result of these huge discrepancies, Sir Phillip has argued for… Read more »
Immigrants only “marginally” benefit the UK economically, a pressure group has said. Migrationwatch, which argues for controlled immigration to the UK, calculates that migrants do benefit the economy – but only to the tune of 4p a week per person. The group questions whether this “at best marginal” benefit is worth the added strain migrants… Read more »
