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Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement that the government will abolish NHS England, and return the management of the national health service in England to central government, Thomas Reynolds, director of policy and communications at the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said: “Today’s announcement by the Prime Minister that NHS England is to be abolished has… Read more »
More doctors are reporting that their ability to treat patients is being affected by feeling sleep deprived at work, a Medical Defence Union (MDU) survey has found. Nearly 90% of respondents to the MDU’s survey say they feel sleep deprived at work, which is a 20% increase compared to a survey carried out three years… Read more »
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Opposition leaders today supported moves to end the “unseemly practice” of MPs voting for their own pay rises. David Cameron voiced support for proposals from his party’s democracy task force to link MPs’ pay to a fixed benchmark, taking away their discretion over salary increases. Mr Cameron told reporters parliament needed to “get away” from… Read more »
MPs may lose the right to decide their own pay rises, as the government struggles to persuade MPs to accept an inflation-curbing pay award. The prime minister wants MPs to accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise, in line with other public sector workers. But the board which makes recommendations for MPs’ pay is likely… Read more »
