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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 Britain’s six million public sector workers have been asked to suggest ways to cut costs by David Cameron and Nick Clegg. The prime minister and his deputy have written to every public sector worker in the country asking for help as they implement the spending review. Wednesday’s emergency Budget saw chancellor George… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The government is pushing ahead plans to raise the state pension age by a year, with reports suggesting it could soon be increased to 70 and beyond. The state pension age could hit 66 by as soon as 2016, eight years earlier than under Labour plans. The age for women would go… Read more »
