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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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The unchanging social makeup of university students following the introduction of tuition fees is cause for concern, not celebration, a union has warned. A report published today by Universities UK reveals there has been “no significant change” in the social class, age or ethnicity of applicants from 2004/05 to 2007/08. It concludes: “There is nothing… Read more »
Private company Clearsprings is being accused of dumping over a hundred bail accommodation centres on local communities. The residences house offenders released before the end of their sentence or people awaiting trial. Local authorities are furious at not being properly consulted over the plans, despite ministerial assurances in the Commons that the company has clear… Read more »
