Abortion
The health secretary has rejected calls for the maximum time at which women can have an abortion to be reduced from 24 weeks. Following a private meeting with the archbishop of Westminster, Patricia Hewitt announced that the government’s position on the issue remained the same. “It has long been the parliamentary convention that proposals for… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with the Confidential Reporting System for Surgery (CORESS) an independent charity which promotes safety in surgical practice in the NHS and the private sector. Founded in 2005, CORESS receives confidential incident reports from surgeons and theatre staff. These confidential… Read more »
More than 2,000 schoolchildren were treated to an upland educational experience during this year’s Let’s Learn Moor events. Talks and interactive presentations were provided by those who live and work in the uplands including gamekeepers, farmers, conservationists, local organisations and the emergency services. Now in its fifth year the project continues to offer local schools… Read more »
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The head of the Catholic church in Britain will reignite the debate over abortion today when he is expected to call on the government to lower the current 24-week limit. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor’s meeting with health secretary Patricia Hewitt comes amid mounting calls for a review of the latest time women can have an abortion…. Read more »