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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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By politics.co.uk staff The UK has preserved its right to opt-out of the EU’s working time directive after long-running talks between the European parliament and government officials collapsed early this morning. The parliament had been pushing to remove the opt-out which allows people to work more than 48 hours a week for more than five… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Lord Myners has laid the groundwork for the next stage of his fight with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) board and Sir Fred Goodwin. In a letter dated on Monday and written to the Commons’ Treasury committee chairman John McFall, the City minister continues his claim he was not informed about… Read more »
