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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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The government is on a collision course with its own drugs advisers over the classification of cannabis. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is set to recommend cannabis remains a class C drug, despite the prime minister’s desire to reclassify it as a class B drug. Gordon Brown ordered the review shortly after… Read more »
The home secretary has said she has an open mind about cannabis as the prime minister’s promised review of cannabis reclassification gathers pace. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has begun hearing evidence on claims cannabis should be reclassified as a class B drug, amid apparent evidence of fresh harm caused by the… Read more »
