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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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A third of nurses fear they are at risk of contracting diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C from being struck by used needles, according to a report. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) revealed around half of all nurses have been struck by a needle previously in a patient and 90 per cent of the… Read more »
The massive new IT system being designed for the NHS is grinding to a halt, according to reports today. The vast, centralised programme is said to be desperately behind schedule, with suppliers unwilling to get involved with it. “After all that we’ve said and warned, can it be any surprise that the government’s failure and… Read more »
