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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) responded to the GMC workforce report 2024 which found there needs to be more education and training opportunities for locally employed doctors, many of whom qualified from outside the UK. Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, MDU head of advisory services, said: “The GMC’s latest report highlights that the medical workforce is evolving into one… Read more »
Tomorrow, MPs will vote for the first time on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – the first vote on assisted dying in the Commons in nearly a decade. Introduced by Kim Leadbeater MBE, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, the Bill will allow adults who are terminally ill with six months or… Read more »
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A cabinet minister has suggested Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is safer than London as the government seeks to pass its Rwanda bill through parliament today. Rishi Sunak is set to hold a press conference in Downing Street this morning, ahead of crunch votes on the Rwanda bill this afternoon and likely this evening. The prime… Read more »
Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive and husband of the former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been re-arrested. In a statement, Police Scotland said a 59-year-old man was arrested this morning in connection with the ongoing investigation into the party’s funding and finances. He was taken into custody at 9.13am on Thursday and is… Read more »
