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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has today called for the new government to focus on the unsustainable cost of clinical negligence claims and to prioritise proposals for legal reform following the publication of NHS Resolution’s (NHSR) Annual report for 2023/24. The report found that in 2023/24 NHS Resolution, the body responsible for clinical negligence claims against GPs… Read more »
A Bill that proposes to legalise assisted dying for adults of sound mind who have six or fewer months left to live has secured second place in the House of Lords private member’s bill ballot. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill is being put forward by Lord Falconer, and unlike previous bills, has… Read more »
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By Alice Cannet One in five children has not grasped basic maths by the time they reach secondary school, damaging their chances in life, a report published today by a committee of MPs says. The report by the committee of public accounts (PAC) calls for more action to be taken by the Department for Children,… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown sought to launch his recovery from a damaging weekend this lunchtime with a major policy speech on education. The prime minister told a London audience parents should receive new “rights and responsibilities” as part of plans to continue investment in Britain’s schools. It follows a weekend in which members of… Read more »
