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MDU training professional one of first in country to receive membership award

The excellence of the Medical Defence Union’s (MDU’s) learning and development team has been recognised once more with an award for exceptional tutors and trainers. The MDU’s James Godber, senior learning and development officer, is one of the first people in the country to receive a membership award from City & Guilds. The award recognises the contribution… Read more »

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BASC calls on Gloucestershire Constabulary to reverse “outrageous and unlawful” firearms licensing decision

BASC has accused Gloucestershire Constabulary of failing to fulfil a statutory duty by suspending firearm certificate grants. Within the last few days, the force has taken the unilateral decision to suspend grant applications for firearm and shotgun certificates on the grounds of “unexpected resourcing issues”. It has also said that applications already in the pipeline… Read more »

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The LIFT scheme could be removing funds from other primary care needs
PFI project ‘lifting finance’ from primary care

A new scheme to buy and build primary care premises might be taking funds from other primary care needs, an influential committee of MPs has said. The public accounts committee has expressed concerns over the Local Improvement Finance Trusts (Lift) initiative, which was designed to provide £1 billion worth of investment, from both the private… Read more »

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Patricia Hewitt has written to papers over their NHS privitisation claims
Hewitt denies NHS privatisation reports

Patricia Hewitt has written to two national newspapers to deny reports that the government plans to privatise the NHS by stealth. Mrs Hewitt says that an advert placed by the Department of Health (DH) upon which the reports were based contained “drafting errors” and had been withdrawn. The advert in the Official Journal of European… Read more »