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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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Labour plotting against Gordon Brown is continuing to grow slowly but steadily with the news another backbench MP from the north-west has joined Gordon Prentice in calling for the prime minister to step down. Graham Stringer, the MP for Manchester Blackley, called on the Cabinet to think about forcing a leadership challenge, saying “the PM’s… Read more »
An overhaul of murder laws making it easier for killers who suffered domestic abuse to escape with a manslaughter conviction has been announced by the government. The Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper on murder, manslaughter and infanticide suggests that the “fear of serious violence” be used as an acceptable partial defence for murder cases where… Read more »
