

Lindsay van Dijk has been appointed to head up the chaplaincy and pastoral care team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides person-centred pastoral and spiritual care. As a head of service role, this is the most senior role a humanist pastoral carer has ever held in the NHS. She is also the… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s first and leading medical defence organisation for doctors, today announced that it has appointed Dr Matthew Lee as its new chief executive. Dr Lee will take over from Dr Christine Tomkins, who is retiring in September after a long career supporting MDU members. Dr Tomkins has been in… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The government’s involvement in a major arms fair held in London next month has been attacked by campaigners. The Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition is one of the world’s largest arms fairs and takes place from September 8th to September 11th at London’s ExCel Centre. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI),… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The government is urging Britain’s drinkers to realise the link between boozy evenings and a lack of sleep today, in a bid to tackle commonly held misbeliefs around the subject. Over half the 2,000 drinkers surveyed by YouGov were unaware of any link between excessive drinking and sleep problems. “Lots of people… Read more »