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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 prison system faces a “genuine crisis”, the Conservative say, as the government admits prison numbers breach capacity. Latest figures show the prison population has exceeded normal capacity for the first time, reaching a record high of 82,068. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says going beyond its “useable operational capacity” does not mean the prison… Read more »
A private member’s bill which would improve temporary workers’ rights has moved to committee stage in the Commons. Labour MP Andrew Miller’s legislation, which proposes a strengthened regulatory regime safeguarding agency workers’ rights, was passed by 147 votes to 11 on its second reading. There are over 1.4 million agency workers in the UK who… Read more »
