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Lindsay van Dijk has been appointed to head up the chaplaincy and pastoral care team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides person-centred pastoral and spiritual care. As a head of service role, this is the most senior role a humanist pastoral carer has ever held in the NHS. She is also the… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s first and leading medical defence organisation for doctors, today announced that it has appointed Dr Matthew Lee as its new chief executive. Dr Lee will take over from Dr Christine Tomkins, who is retiring in September after a long career supporting MDU members. Dr Tomkins has been in… Read more »
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The Scottish Green party and SNP have agreed a deal which will see the Greens support Alex Salmond as first minister, in return for legislative action on climate change. The partnership falls short of a full coalition and is looser than the ‘confidence and supply’ model mooted earlier in the week. Instead the two parties… Read more »
Gordon Brown promised to restore trust in politics, in what will inevitably be seen as a criticism of Tony Blair’s leadership style. Mr Brown pledged to lead a government fully accountable to parliament, adding that MPs would be involved in decisions over war and peace. As chancellor, Mr Brown said his first move had been… Read more »
