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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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UK nuclear tests conducted in the 1950s have left veterans and their children with a variety of congenital diseases, according to a backbench Tory MP. John Baron conducted an adjournment debate in the Commons yesterday afternoon, where he voiced concerns the government was “backsliding” on its commitment to investigate the issue. Those concerns have now… Read more »
Former home secretary David Blunkett and former chancellor Kenneth Clarke will face a committee of MPs today to discuss ‘good government’. The ex-ministers will face questions on ethical behaviour and centralisation of power. Mr Blunkett had to resign from government twice following accusations of misusing ministerial powers and failing to declare an interest. His first… Read more »
