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Give trainees more support to avoid burnout says MDU

A survey of 67,000 doctors in training which shows worrying levels of burnout and exhaustion among the medical profession should concern us all, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today. The GMC’s annual National Training Survey found that the risk of burnout among medical trainees is now at its worst since it was first tracked in 2018…. Read more »

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Political red tape a threat to shooting in Wales

BASC has labelled the launch of a call for evidence on gamebird releasing in Wales as an “attempt to restrict shooting through red tape” and vowed to fight “restriction proposals” arising from it. The call for evidence focuses on pheasant and red-legged partridge, and has been launched by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to “inform the… Read more »

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Peers reintroduce changes to US extradition treaty
Peers prolong extradition row

The government has accused the Conservatives of letting serious offenders escape justice after peers voted yesterday to change extradition arrangements with the US. The House of Lords voted 189 to 152 to reinsert a motion removing the US from the list of countries not required to present evidence to extradite a British citizen. MPs rejected… Read more »

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Youth Justice Board report finds Asbos are a badge of honour
Asbos ‘are a badge of honour’

Young people regard Asbos as a “badge of honour” and the orders are not necessarily the best way to deal with youth offending, a new report warns. A review of anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) finds that not only are they viewed as “glamorous” by young people but almost half… Read more »