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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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Prime minister Gordon Brown has pledged he will save the UK’s economy despite the gloomy international outlook. “There are many people who could take over but I think I can steer this economy through difficult times,” he told the BBC. “I have done it before and I can do it again.” The prime minister made… Read more »
The government has pledged £1 million to help with the relief effort following China’s devastating earthquake on Monday. In statement announcing the assistance, Douglas Alexander, international development secretary, said: “In response to Chinese requests for international assistance for the earthquake relief effort, the UK Government is today committing up to £1 million. “The prime minister… Read more »
