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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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MPs should be banned from claiming some expenses with taxpayers’ money, a Commons report suggests. The report, by the Commons’ members estimates committee, suggests various options for auditing, inspecting and controlling MPs’ expenses. It is headed by speaker Michael Martin, who is himself embroiled in controversy over his finances. MPs will vote on the options… Read more »
An independent report into last summer’s flooding has today called for British homes to be made more flood-resistant and called the government response “totally unacceptable”. Sir Michael Pitt today published his report into the devastating floods in Hull and Sheffield in 2007. And the Press Association quotes Sir Michael as declaring national building regulations must… Read more »
