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After a successful campaign to improve the safe space provisions in the Health and Care Bill, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) explains why this is a step forward for patient safety. Following its return from the House of Lords to the House of Commons this week, both chambers have now agreed that coroners should not routinely… Read more »
Tax rise payments from over 8 million people needed to fund NHS litigation An influential parliamentary committee has been warned by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) that the Health and Social Care Levy of 1.25% could be swallowed up by the amounts being paid out each year in NHS clinical negligence claims. In evidence to… Read more »
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As we stand on the brink of 2021, we all wish that flipping over the calendar would somehow banish Covid and bring a fresh start. The coronavirus should stay trapped in 2020 forever. But we know this will not happen. Cases have been rising again, and the rest of the winter is frankly looking pretty… Read more »
Ireland’s contact tracing app shines a light on where the UK went wrong.
