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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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People could be issued with personal carbon allowances which they would spend through a “carbon credit card”, under plans being considered by the government. A new report for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), recommends that such cards, which would be used every time someone bought food, petrol, flights or paid… Read more »