Armed Forces
After a successful campaign to improve the safe space provisions in the Health and Care Bill, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) explains why this is a step forward for patient safety. Following its return from the House of Lords to the House of Commons this week, both chambers have now agreed that coroners should not routinely… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, announced today it will be offering to waive the first year of membership subscriptions for doctors who are fleeing the Ukraine or other conflict zones and are looking to resume practice in NHS roles. This follows news that the GMC is planning to fast track… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff General Sir David Richards will take over from Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup as the most senior military officer in Britain this October, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. The current head of the Army’s promotion will follow the completion of the strategic defence review, which defence secretary Liam Fox… Read more »
By Rebecca Burns Three soldiers have been killed by a member of the Afghan national army in what defence secretary Liam Fox called “a despicable and cowardly act”. The soldiers, from 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles, died whilst serving in southern Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand province. David Cameron said the attack took place because of… Read more »
