Ministerial statement
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 »
In a statement to the House of Commons, justice minister Kit Malthouse detailed the findings of a report into the Metropolitan Police in which the force were described as demonstrating “indifference to the risk of corruption”. Malthouse described the overarching conclusions of the report as “troubling”. The minister called on the mayor or London to… Read more »
Foreign secretary LIz Truss confirmed in a statement that British nationals, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, were allowed to board a place to the UK after being “unfairly” detained in Iranian prison for five years and six years respectively. One MP who had particularly been prominent in campaigning for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release, Tulip Siddiq, thanked… Read more »
