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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling on the newly appointed Health and Social Care Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, to make support for exhausted doctors and regulatory reform the top healthcare priorities for the government. During the Conservative party conference, the MDU published its medico-legal government agenda which outlines three key priorities. They are: Support an… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain. … Read more »
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Some 75,000 NHS employees were attacked last year, at a cost to the health service of more than £100 million. A BBC Panorama investigation found that violence against NHS staff continues, despite the government launching a zero tolerance policy on attacks against staff. The total cost to the NHS is equivalent to the salaries of… Read more »
The NHS is expected to end the financial year with a small surplus, despite a rise in the number of NHS organisations in deficit. Due to the creation of a central reserve, as well as strict budgeting measures imposed on over-spending trusts, the NHS as a whole is forecasting a net surplus of £13 million…. Read more »
