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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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Some schools are already showing the effects of the current financial downturn, a new survey claims. The report published by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) today looked at over 2,000 staff working in independent schools around the UK and found that a fifth reported fewer pupils than last year. Fifty-four per cent of… Read more »
Children’s secretary Ed Balls will today face questions over the failings of social services at Haringey council. The case, which led to the death of 17-month-old Baby P last year, gained national media attention last week after the boyfriend of the baby’s mother and their lodger were found guilty of “causing or allowing” the infant’s… Read more »
