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Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »
BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
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John Prescott says spin culture is responsible for poor relations between political parties and the media. The former deputy prime minister’s comments come after weeks of negative coverage of Gordon Brown’s performance, prompting criticism from backbenchers fearful for their seats at the next election. Mr Prescott told the Telegraph Peter Mandelson, the current EU trade… Read more »
A Labour councillor who defected to the Liberal Democrats has launched a strongly worded denunciation of her former party, saying it has become “increasingly authoritarian”. Councillor Julie Wassell stood for Labour in 2005 but has now quit the party’s Wycombe district council and Buckinghamshire county council group, citing victimisation. In a statement released to the… Read more »
