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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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British troops have been praised for their “vital role” in the improved security situation in Basra, Iraq. The defence committee says the security situation in the south of the country has been transformed in the past six months. Its members claim British troops have helped Iraqi security forces to become self-sufficient and effective. UK troops… Read more »
The House of Lords European Union committee has called for a “radical reorientation” of the way fisheries are managed in the EU. In a report published today, the committee calls for the current top-down “over-centralised” legislative policy to be changed to a system that provides a greater role for regional stakeholders. It goes on to… Read more »
