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The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with the Confidential Reporting System for Surgery (CORESS) an independent charity which promotes safety in surgical practice in the NHS and the private sector. Founded in 2005, CORESS receives confidential incident reports from surgeons and theatre staff. These confidential… Read more »
More than 2,000 schoolchildren were treated to an upland educational experience during this year’s Let’s Learn Moor events. Talks and interactive presentations were provided by those who live and work in the uplands including gamekeepers, farmers, conservationists, local organisations and the emergency services. Now in its fifth year the project continues to offer local schools… Read more »
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A Labour minister has denied claims he considered standing as the Conservatives candidate for the London mayoral election. The Tories claim Sir Digby Jones approached them to challenge Ken Livingstone for mayor of London. But Sir Digby – who was brought into Gordon Brown’s “government of all the talents” as a trade minister – said… Read more »
Gordon Brown has dismissed criticisms of his first performance in prime minister’s questions, insisting it is “just a bit of theatre”. Instead the new prime minister said he was focusing on the larger job of running the country and said he had already outlined some of his major policies. The “feral beast” of the media… Read more »
