Party Politics
Following the publication today of a public accounts committee report into NHS financial sustainability, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said the NHS should enact long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. The MDU was one of the few healthcare organisations to submit written evidence to the committee. Dr Mike Devlin, MDU head of… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has partnered with Members of Parliament to secure a debate in the House of Commons focusing on the health and wellbeing of doctors. Sponsored by Dr Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, the Welfare of Doctors debate called for the government and NHS leaders to take more steps to improve… Read more »
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Neither lurching to the left nor sticking to the status quo, Ed Miliband’s decisive departure from the days of New Labour is nevertheless a political gamble. By Alex Stevenson This was a bold effort not because Miliband decided to lead his party in one direction or another, but because he was prepared to say things… Read more »
High profile Labour figures talk to politics.co.uk about Ed Miliband’s speech:. By Ian Dunt Oona King, former Bethnal Green and Bow MP and London Labour mayoral candidate “I think Ed made a very strong speech on responsibility in British society. He talked about responsibility of pay and the living wage, responsibility in terms of the… Read more »
