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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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By politics.co.uk staff The number of robberies at knifepoint has increased by 18 per cent, official figures revealed today. The period between July and September last year not only witnessed a rise in the number of robberies involving knives or sharp objects but also a ten per cent increase in murders involving knives. However, the… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The Home Office has been found to have breached the Data Protection Act when it lost a USB stick holding the details of thousands of convictions last year. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which rules on the case, has forced the Home Office to sign a formal declaration promising to hold personal… Read more »
