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Doctors are being reminded by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) about new rules governing death certification, which take effect from today in England and Wales. The changes mean a wider pool of doctors will be able to certify deaths, reducing delays in death certificates being issued. All deaths will now be subject to scrutiny either… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has urged the Scottish Government to resist introducing further regulation, in response to a proposed new ‘Natural Environment Bill’ in Scotland. The commitment to the new bill was included in a document outlining the Scottish Government’s policy and legislative plans for the year ahead, launched today by… Read more »
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There is overwhelming public support for the NHS and people are most likely to say health services should be the top spending priority for government, a new poll finds. Worryingly for Tony Blair and his likely successor, however, the public are sceptical that the NHS has improved over the past ten years, despite record investment…. Read more »
The debt crisis facing the NHS is “real and entrenched” and has resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs, Britain’s leading nursing union has warned. Over 22,000 NHS posts have been lost in the past 18 months, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has claimed, in a report published as its annual conference gets… Read more »
