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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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Gordon Brown has called for an ‘unsung heroes day’ as part of his push to promote Britishness. The prime minister said he hoped every July 24 would become a day to “pay tribute to the people who represent the very best of Britain”. Launching his book Britain’s Everyday Heroes, Mr Brown called for a day… Read more »
MPs will today meet with older people for a mass lobby of parliament ahead of the age discrimination law review. Help the Aged is leading a lobby of over 250 older activists to meet with their representative in Parliament Square. The Just Equal Treatment Mass Lobby aims to hold the government to its manifesto pledge… Read more »
