Crime Levels
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 »
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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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 »
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 »
