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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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Gordon Brown will fail to hit his target of three million new homes by 2020 according to a senior figure in the housing industry. David Orr, chief executive of the National Housing Federation (NHF), said today unless radical action is taken only 1.6 million homes will be completed by 2020 and the full three million… Read more »
Resentment against Gordon Brown has permeated even the rank-and-file of the Labour party, a new survey of party activists suggests. A poll for Labourhome.org show a slim majority of activists – 54 per cent – would rather Mr Brown stepped down. Forty-five per cent believed the party’s prospects would improve at the next general election… Read more »
