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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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Proposals to establish NHS polcyclinics require a “calm and balanced” debate, the NHS Confederation believes. Polyclinics are one of the suggestions made by the health minister and surgeon Lord Ara Darzi, who is leading a review of the NHS. They would carry out GPs’ services as well as some minor surgery and would be equipped… Read more »
GPs need to take back responsibility for round-the-clock care, the NHS Alliance has concluded in its report into the health service. The report says the continuity of care general practice work provides is often critical, especially for people with complex and long-term conditions and the elderly. The alliance, a collaboration of clinicians, managers and board… Read more »
