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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has today called for the new government to focus on the unsustainable cost of clinical negligence claims and to prioritise proposals for legal reform following the publication of NHS Resolution’s (NHSR) Annual report for 2023/24. The report found that in 2023/24 NHS Resolution, the body responsible for clinical negligence claims against GPs… Read more »
A Bill that proposes to legalise assisted dying for adults of sound mind who have six or fewer months left to live has secured second place in the House of Lords private member’s bill ballot. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill is being put forward by Lord Falconer, and unlike previous bills, has… Read more »
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Labour has confirmed that while it is opposed to the development of Rosebank oil field, it would not in government revoke the licence, citing the “difficult position for investors”. It comes after a long-awaited decision has been made on the Rosebank oil and gas field in the North Sea this morning, with UK regulators giving… Read more »
Jeremy Hunt is “considering” the future of HS2, culture secretary Lucy Frazer has said this morning. Amid reports that suggest the Birmingham to Manchester section of HS2 could be scrapped, Frazer explained that chancellors “always” consider the cost of major infrastructure projects “to the public purse”. Asked on Times Radio if HS2 was a “national… Read more »
