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Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care – MDU says

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 »

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Fighting Fund delivers significant firearms certificate victory for member

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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British libel could see end of US papers in UK

By politics.co.uk staff Britain’s draconian libel laws could see US publishers refuse to send products to the UK, publishers have claimed. A memorandum to a Commons select committee said leading US newspapers are considering halting the practise of sending copies of their papers to the UK for fear of triggering a libel claim. “They do… Read more »

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PCC backs News of the World on phone tapping

By politics.co.uk staff The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has found no evidence it was misled by the News of the World over allegations the paper hacked into the phone of numerous celebrities and public figures. The report – the first into the allegations which exploded in Westminster in the summer following a Guardian expose –… Read more »