Electoral Reform
More GPs are contacting the Medical Defence Union (MDU) for advice about disclosing information to online pharmacies when their patients are prescribed weight loss medications. With the popularity of drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide as weight loss aids, GPs are increasingly being approached by online pharmacies to check if there is anything in a person’s medical… Read more »
Following the publication today of a public accounts committee report into NHS financial sustainability, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said the NHS should enact long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. The MDU was one of the few healthcare organisations to submit written evidence to the committee. Dr Mike Devlin, MDU head of… Read more »
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As a new MP, people in my constituency often ask me ‘What’s it like?’ My usual answer: ‘Bonkers!’ I don’t just mean that the workload is huge and the learning curve vertical. I also mean the way parliament itself works: archaic, full of unwritten rules and eye-wateringly inefficient. Of course, I’m still learning the ropes…. Read more »
Britain is achieving near-Victorian conditions arising from policy errors such as poor privatisations going back over thirty years, and it’s not just the Tories who are to blame. Poor politics leads to poor economic outcomes, then to people giving their rulers a kicking at the ballot-box. The need is to turn the absolute power of… Read more »
