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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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By Ian Dunt David Miliband has demanded a ‘reset referendum’ after the general election in a speech to influential thinktank Demos. Not content with Gordon Brown’s push for a referendum on the alternative vote, the foreign secretary called for the referendum to be expanded to include a host of constitutional issues. “I favour in the… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The bullying row which raged yesterday left the prime minister saddened, Ed Balls has said. The comments come on the same day as immigration minister Phil Woolas found himself in trouble for branding the head of the Natinal Bullying Helpline a “prat”. The controversy derailed Labour’s campaign agenda yesterday and resulted in… Read more »
