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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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Network Rail faces severe criticism after a National Audit Office (NAO) report found there were 14 million minutes of delay to rail journeys in 2006/07. In total the NAO found 800,000 incidents involving delays occurred in the same period, costing the economy £1 billion. Its report calls for better management of incidents between train operating… Read more »
The Conservatives will no longer promise to cut taxes if victorious after the next general election. Instead the shadow chancellor said lower overall taxes would have to become a “long-term ambition” of the next Conservative government. In a move that risks putting the party leadership at odds with its grassroots, George Osborne said he “cannot… Read more »
