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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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Forty per cent of businesses say government regulation is now more time-consuming, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report published today. The report found just one per cent of businesses said that complying with regulation has become less time consuming in 2007. It also found very few businesses are aware the government is even… Read more »
Unemployment has risen by up to 40 per cent in some constituencies, according to figures released by the Conservatives. Analysis by the House of Commons library of the latest unemployment figures reveals over 100 constituencies where unemployment has risen by 20 per cent or more in the last year, including four constituencies where unemployment has… Read more »
