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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 politics.co.uk staff A worrying new report expected later today will find that most jurors do not fully comprehend the legal directions given to them by judges when they consider their verdict. The study, based on 69,000 verdicts across 18 months and conducted by University College London (UCL) found jurors frequently used the internet to… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Staff at Job Centres were forced to take on more back-to-work schemes than they could deal with, the Conservatives have claimed. The party said a new report written for ministers reveals a disastrous and under-prepared response to the slew of government initiatives which followed the start of the recession. Staff were unprepared… Read more »
