Crime Levels
Changes to the GMC’s core guidance for doctors could lead to more regulatory investigations, the MDU warned today. The GMC is currently consulting on a new version of Good Medical Practice including widening the scope of the standards against which all doctors will be judged. Setting these standards is a key function of the GMC. By clearly… Read more »
A review of nurse practitioner cases notified to leading medical defence organisation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), has found nurses now face a similar range of medico-legal investigations into incidents as doctors. Between 2017 and 2021, the MDU helped 400 nurse members with medico-legal processes including complaints, claims, disciplinary procedures and NMC investigations. The MDU… Read more »
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The government is supporting a new initiative intended to ‘design out crime’. The Home Office is teaming up with designers to encourage businesses to think of the appeal to criminals when designing new products and services. Ministers believe products and architecture can be modified to make crime less attractive or harder to carry out. An… Read more »
Peers have warned the government must take action to prevent the internet descending into a lawless “wild west”. The House of Lords science and technology committee said the government is doing too little to improve security on the internet and risks undermining public confidence in the service. At present, ministers say individual users should take… Read more »