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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed a significant step forward in firearms licensing procedures in Gloucestershire following our sustained pressure and engagement with the county’s new Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). Despite having announced they were not accepting any grant applications, and that existing applications would take… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) responded to the GMC workforce report 2024 which found there needs to be more education and training opportunities for locally employed doctors, many of whom qualified from outside the UK. Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, MDU head of advisory services, said: “The GMC’s latest report highlights that the medical workforce is evolving into one… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Only a third of NHS trusts are fully complying with patient safety alerts, campaigners has claimed. Pressure group Action Against Medical Accidents (Avma) said a freedom of information request had shown only 37% had completed all patient safety alerts issued by the National Patient Safety Agency. Sixty-three per cent had failed to… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The NHS may have to consider renegotiating the 30-year repayments it faces following New Labour’s private finance initiatives, a health expert has suggested. It follows the revelation that the NHS in England will end up repaying six times the cost of the original value of the new hospitals and mental health units… Read more »
