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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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The culture secretary has said she is “worried” about the ongoing riots in France as unrest elsewhere “sometimes feeds through into this country”. France has now endured a sixth night of violence and rioting after the killing of a teenager by police sparked nationwide unrest. Lucy Frazer made the admission as she announced £3 million… Read more »
Lord Goldsmith has resigned as a minister at the Foreign Office, accusing Rishi Sunak of being “simply uninterested” in climate change. Lord Goldsmith, who served as Minister of State for Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment, in the Foreign Office, had been named yesterday as one the Boris Johnson allies set for sanctions for criticising… Read more »
