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Give trainees more support to avoid burnout says MDU

A survey of 67,000 doctors in training which shows worrying levels of burnout and exhaustion among the medical profession should concern us all, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today. The GMC’s annual National Training Survey found that the risk of burnout among medical trainees is now at its worst since it was first tracked in 2018…. Read more »

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Political red tape a threat to shooting in Wales

BASC has labelled the launch of a call for evidence on gamebird releasing in Wales as an “attempt to restrict shooting through red tape” and vowed to fight “restriction proposals” arising from it. The call for evidence focuses on pheasant and red-legged partridge, and has been launched by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to “inform the… Read more »

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Liberal Democrats call for Ofgem price rise to be scrapped

Ahead of an expected rise in the energy price cap of over a thousand pounds on August 26th, the Lib Dems have this morning gone further than other political parties and called for the energy price cap rise to be scrapped. The energy price cap is the maximum amount that Ofgem allows suppliers to legally… Read more »

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Conservative leadership candidates coy on an emergency budget

After recommendations at the weekend from former Prime Minister Gordon Brown that the government bring forward an emergency budget, the two leadership candidates remain coy on the issue. Writing in the Observer yesterday, Brown said millions would be pushed “over the edge” if the government does not address the cost of living crisis. “The reality… Read more »