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Changes to the GMC’s core guidance for doctors could lead to more regulatory investigations, the MDU warned today. The GMC is currently consulting on a new version of Good Medical Practice including widening the scope of the standards against which all doctors will be judged. Setting these standards is a key function of the GMC. By clearly… Read more »
A review of nurse practitioner cases notified to leading medical defence organisation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), has found nurses now face a similar range of medico-legal investigations into incidents as doctors. Between 2017 and 2021, the MDU helped 400 nurse members with medico-legal processes including complaints, claims, disciplinary procedures and NMC investigations. The MDU… Read more »
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Read Gordon Brown’s speech to the Labour party conference in full here at politics.co.uk: And so today, in the midst of events that are transforming our world, we meet united and determined to fight for the future. Our country confronts the biggest choice for a generation. It’s a choice between two parties, yes. But more… Read more »
Leading members of Gordon Brown’s government give politics.co.uk their response to Gordon Brown’s speech to the 2009 Labour conference. Jack Straw, justice secretary “I thought the most effective part of a very good speech was the section at the end when he was quiet – getting people to listen to him and to listen to… Read more »