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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 Scottish Conservative party today launched a new campaign against the government’s forthcoming national identity card scheme. Annabel Goldie, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, will launch the campaign outside the Passport Office in Glasgow, arguing the scheme will be costly and ineffective. The Conservatives claim ID cards will not prevent terrorist attacks, illegal immigration or… Read more »
The government’s agenda of tailoring public services to the need of individuals has dangerous implications, a thinktank warns today. Jill Kirkby, director of the Centre for Police Studies (CPS) thinktank, questions whether a state making “value judgments” about individuals’ suitability to services is in the public interest. She describes the controversial identity cards scheme as… Read more »
