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Former GP appointed to lead MDU professional services team

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »

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Teenage smoking on the up
Youth smoking up despite ban

The number of young people smoking in Scotland has risen sharply, despite the ban in pubs. Nearly a third of 16 to 24 year-olds are smokers, an official health report showed. The percentage – 31 per cent – is a substantial rise on the number of young smokers in 2004, which stood at 25 per… Read more »

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Welsh Tory leader pays back his iPod
Welsh Tory leader pays back his iPod

The leader of the Welsh Conservatives has paid back the public money he used to by an iPod and made a donation to charity. But Nick Bourne and his Tory colleague Alun Cairns – who also had to pay back public money – both insisted they had not broken any rules. “Although the purchase of… Read more »