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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 Doireann Ronayne The prime minister adopted a tough line on immigration today, while praising a Britain characterised by diversity. Instead of an annual cap, he proposed a ‘labour market test’ to ensure that migrant workers are recruited for skilled jobs only when no qualified worker living in Britain can fill it. Gordon Brown used… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Counting is underway in Glasgow North Rast, where Labour faces what is almost certainly its last by-election test before the general election. The polls opened at 07:00 GMT and closed at 22:00 GMT. The result should come in overnight. There are 62,475 eligible voters in the constituency. Labour candidate Willie Bain went… Read more »
