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Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
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The government has added another 26 drugs to the list of class C narcotics, meaning they will be punisheable by a fine or even a prison sentence. Twenty-four of the drugs are anabolic steroids while a further two are growth promoters. Most of them are already banned by sports authorities, but are not actually illegal…. Read more »
Young people convicted of minor criminal offences should be kept out the criminal justice system, the Liberal Democrats have said. The party message is that custody should only be used as a last resort and that offenders should instead be made to appear before a panel of local people to apologise and pay for the… Read more »