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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 government should have waited before deciding to cut funding for those studying for a second degree, MPs believe. A report from the Commons’ innovation, universities, science and skills committee out today says the forthcoming review of tuition fees due next year would have been the best time to make the change. As it stands… Read more »
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has called on Britain to enter into a “Franco-British brotherhood” in his speech to parliament. Addressing a joint session of both the Commons and the Lords in the Palace of Westminster’s Royal Gallery, Mr Sarkozy said France and the UK should put aside “centuries of mistrust” and foster an “entente amicable”… Read more »
