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More GPs are contacting the Medical Defence Union (MDU) for advice about disclosing information to online pharmacies when their patients are prescribed weight loss medications. With the popularity of drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide as weight loss aids, GPs are increasingly being approached by online pharmacies to check if there is anything in a person’s medical… Read more »
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 »
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By politics.co.uk staff There is “widespread disappointment” in the government’s flagship school-building programme, an influential group of MPs has warned. The Commons’ public accounts committee says poor planning and “persistent over-optimism” have been responsible for the problems faced by the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative. Its report acknowledges that centralising the programme’s management… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Science tests for year six primary school pupils have been scrapped by the government. Children’s secretary Ed Balls told the Commons they would be replaced by a more relaxed system of teacher assessment, in line with the conclusions of a report by the expert group on assessment out today, from next year…. Read more »
