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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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Gordon Brown has renewed his pledges of “resilience” after the Bank of England was forced to make an additional £5 billion available on the money markets. Updating the Commons after his latest meeting with European Union leaders, the prime minister said all necessary steps were being taken to respond to US bank Bear Stearns’ unexpected… Read more »
The government is pouring extra money into treating prisoners with drug problems. Ministers announced the additional funding after the UK Drug Policy Commission criticised drug rehabilitation, saying the government failed to collect evidence on what worked. In joint funding through the Ministry of Justice and Department of Health, the government will increase spending on drug… Read more »
