Regulation
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Businesses and the third sector will not face additional regulatory burdens from September 1st under the coalition government’s ‘one-in, one-out’ rule. A set of ‘principles of regulation’ is to be imposed on government departments from next month which will force ministers to remove regulations with an equivalent value if they want to… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Policyholders who lost money as a result of the near-collapse of Equitable Life ten years ago will receive compensation next year, the Treasury has confirmed. Mark Hoban told the Commons the precise amounts would be revealed on October 20th as part of the comprehensive spending review. Final compensation payments are to be… Read more »
