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MDU initiative with RMBF supports over 500 medical professionals

A partnership with the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has enabled the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) to support over 500 doctors since 2021. This has been enabled by the MDU committing to donate the equivalent of half (£5) the subscription for each new foundation doctor who joins the MDU to RMBF The RMBF provide support for… Read more »

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Doctors warned about AI complaint responses by MDU

Despite the allure of artificial intelligence to make everyday tasks easier, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has warned its members against using AI technology to draft medical complaint responses. In the latest issue of the MDU journal, the MDU explains some doctors are turning to AI programs to help draft complaint responses for them. However, the… Read more »

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Lib Dem quit in human rights protest

A Liberal Democrat peer stepped has down as advisor to justice secretary Jack Straw in protest at the government’s record on human rights, he has revealed. Lord Lester, who took on a role as constitutional advisor as part of Gordon Brown’s ‘government of all the talents’, said Labour’s record on human rights was “dismal”. Timed… Read more »

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Clegg savages Labour’s human rights record

Britain’s authority on human rights is being destroyed by its abuse of those rights at home, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said. In a speech, given this evening to Amnesty International to mark human rights day, Mr Clegg will accuse the government of creating a two-tier human rights regime where foreign nationals are targeted… Read more »