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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 Liz Stephens The cost of running the Houses of Parliament decreased by over £30 million last year to just under £500 million. The bill reduction came largely from the House of Lords, whose running costs were reduced by £46 million. The decrease was due to the amount spent on “other administration costs” according to… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The world’s first international union is launching a campaign to tackle the “lies” in the US health care debate. The controversy over President Obama’s plans to reform US health care, which currently leaves millions of Americans out of work, crossed the Atlantic last week after Tory MEP Daniel Hannan appeared on US… Read more »
