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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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Co-habiting couples should not receive similar legal guarantees as married couples, the Conservative’s Centre for Social Justice has said. The Iain Duncan Smith-led thinktank, whose ideas have had a firm impact on David Cameron’s family policies, came out against the idea after the Law Commission suggested people should be able to claim financial support from… Read more »
The home secretary has revealed plans to criminalise men who buy sex without checking to find out if the prostitute has been forced into the position. Use of normal prostitutes will remain legal to the buyer, but men who buy sex from someone who is being “controlled for another person’s gain” will face a fine… Read more »
