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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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UK politicians have defended Gordon Brown’s decision to boycott this weekend’s EU-Africa summit in protest at Robert Mugabe’s attendance. The prime minister has said he will not sit down at a table with the Zimbabwean leader due to his human rights record, although the UK will still be represented at the summit. Mr Brown’s decision… Read more »
The British teacher jailed in Sudan for naming a teddy bear Muhammad is to be freed. Two Muslim peers have secured the release of Gillian Gibbons after meeting with Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Lord Nazir Ahmed flew to the country at the weekend for a series of “difficult” negotiations with Sudanese… Read more »