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Responding to today’s announcement that the GMC is seeking views on a revised version of Good medical practice, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that it will be scrutinising the significant changes being proposed. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, explained that regulations must be compatible with the realities of doctors’ working lives and… Read more »
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, has expelled for life a member convicted of wildlife crime and firearms offences. Expulsion from BASC involves the loss of shooting insurance, on which the ability to shoot may depend, and other benefits of membership. The member from Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to unlawfully trapping and beating to… Read more »
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The outbreak of bird flu in Suffolk is the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus, the government has said. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed this afternoon that birds at Redgrave Park Farm near Diss had been infected by the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. Acting chief veterinary office Fred Landeg… Read more »
The government has confirmed a second farm in Egham has tested positive for foot and mouth disease. Chief veterinary officer Debbie Reynolds announced today that tests on livestock from the second farm had revealed they were contagious. The animals were culled last night as a “precautionary measure”, bringing the total number slaughtered during the September… Read more »
