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Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care – MDU says

Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »

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Fighting Fund delivers significant firearms certificate victory for member

BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »

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Social deprivation to be addressed by Conservatives
Tories seek to reunite “divided cities”

Britain’s “broken society” is one where “fairness is in danger of being forgotten”, Chris Grayling has warned. The shadow work and pensions secretary’s comments came as he unveiled plans to heal the “vast social divide” he says is blighting the country’s biggest cities. Speaking in Liverpool after a visit to an inner city housing estate… Read more »

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Govt secures deal with big six on social tariffs
Govt secures £225 million assistance for fuel poverty

Up to 100,000 households could be lifted out of fuel poverty after the government persuaded the UK’s six largest energy suppliers to increase the amount they spend on social programmes. The six will invest £225 million to help households offset the rising cost of fuel bills. Energy secretary John Hutton secured the deal with Centrica,… Read more »