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Waiting times for treatment and appointment availability, particularly in primary care, are the most common reasons for doctors to face abuse from patients, a Medical Defence Union (MDU) survey has found. Two thirds (66%) of the 418 doctors who responded to the survey by the leading not for profit indemnifier said levels of abuse from… Read more »
BASC will be responding to a call for evidence launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on lead ammunition. The call for evidence forms part of a government review into the impact of lead ammunition on the environment, wildlife and people. The HSE’s call for evidence, launched this week, is one of a series… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens The prime minister will meet with trade union leaders for lunch in Chequers today ahead of next week’s TUC conference and the forthcoming Labour party conference. The meeting, which would be, according to one Downing Street source, “no love-in”, takes place in an atmosphere of fear over potential public sector cuts and… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff President Obama used his phone call with Gordon Brown yesterday to express his “disappointment” at the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. The comments were not repeated by Downing Street, who insisted the call had focused on the ‘special relationship’. However, a London spokesman did confirm the subject “came up” after… Read more »
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