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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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The government’s efforts to promote human rights in Saudi Arabia have resulted in failure, an influential committee of MPs has found. The foreign affairs committee treated government claims to be assisting with gradual reform in the kingdom with disdain, and characterised the relationship as a one-way street. “We conclude that the human rights situation in… Read more »
MPs have branded delays in introducing a regulatory regime for private security companies as “unacceptable”. Today’s human rights report from the Commons’ foreign affairs committee is highly critical of the government’s failure to pass legislation on the issue. A green paper was published on the issue in 2002 and since then the number of private… Read more »