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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 Ian Dunt The pressure on Speaker Michael Martin has reached tipping point with a motion of no confidence receiving cross-party support and a line of senior Labour figures urging him to step down before the next election. David Cameron has pointedly refused to endorse the Speaker, while Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has given… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The UK has stopped rising up the European league table of humanitarian aid. It now stands behind Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium and Finland, spending 0.41 per cent of national income on overseas aid. Italy came bottom of the table, spending just 0.16 per cent of its national income. The… Read more »
