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MDU urges government not to back track on clinical negligence reform

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has called on the government to press ahead with long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. In written evidence to the House of Commons public accounts committee into NHS financial sustainability the MDU explains that the government must introduce legal reforms to the current clinical negligence system… Read more »

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Tories warn exam changes are creating an education apartheid
Tories warn of ‘education apartheid’

England is facing an “education apartheid” as private school pupils increasingly study for different exams than those in the state sector, David Willetts has warned. The shadow education secretary argued a lack of confidence in GCSEs and A-levels means many independent schools were turning to exams such as the IGCSE, the pre-U or the international… Read more »

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Ofsted annual report finds one in 12 schools inadequate
One in 12 schools ‘inadequate’

One in 12 schools in England and Wales is “inadequate”, the annual Ofsted report has found. The education watchdog finds 13 per cent of secondary schools and seven per cent of primaries are inadequate, and highlights the gap between the best and worst provision as a major cause for concern. Chief inspector of schools Christine… Read more »