Alcohol
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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Alcohol promotions should be banned to help overrun police deal with alcohol linked crimes, MPs on the home affairs committee have said. The Mps called for the alcohol trade’s voluntary standards to become mandatory, with an inspection system equipped with penalties for violations so that police can focus on more serious offences such as immigration… Read more »
Alcohol-related poor health costs the NHS £2.7 billion pounds per year, the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed today. Alcohol misuse has become an increasing burden on the NHS, with drinking-related deaths increasing over 100 per cent since 1990. “Alcohol misuse constitutes a heavy and increasing burden on the NHS,” said Tim Burr, head of the… Read more »
