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Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has praised the UK jobs market as “robust” following fresh employment figures. The new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of pay-rolled UK workers rose by a further 90,000 (0.3 per cent) between April and May to 29.6 million. While unemployment rate climbed from 3.7… Read more »
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon is set to relaunch the campaign for Scottish independence today. Later today the SNP leader will release a paper contrasting the socioeconomic performance of the UK and the “striking” success of its European neighbours, for the purpose of arguing that Scotland ought to exit the Union. She told reporters yesterday… Read more »
