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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 »
Tomorrow, MPs will vote for the first time on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – the first vote on assisted dying in the Commons in nearly a decade. Introduced by Kim Leadbeater MBE, the Labour MP for Spen Valley, the Bill will allow adults who are terminally ill with six months or… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson A small group of campaigners who have sought change at Stafford hospital are launching a bid to help others set up similar pressure groups. Cure The NHS was founded two years ago after the first revelations about poor standards at Mid-Staffordshire primary care trust emerged. Its founder, Julie Bailey, and a group… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats have set out their plans for the NHS today, with calls for nurses to be given greater power within the health service. Speaking at the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) conference in Bournemouth this afternoon, Mr Clegg downplayed the ‘I love NHS’ Twitter campaign which exploded last summer. “I… Read more »
