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MDU scrutinising revised guidance for doctors on good medical practice

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 »

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BASC expels member for wildlife crime and firearms offences

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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Doctors' leader tells government to stop reform of the NHS
Stop meddling in the NHS, ministers told

The government must stop meddling with the NHS and accept that its costly reforms have failed to improve patient care, a consultants’ leader will warn today. Paul Miller, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA’s) consultants committee, will warn “bad policies and shocking incompetence” have led to major deficits and subsequent job cuts in the… Read more »

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Report says government must make clear it support for an NHS market
Labour ‘must acknowledge an NHS market’

The government must admit that it wants to create a genuine market in the NHS if its reforms are to work properly, a think tank report warns today. A study by the King’s Fund says that without more clarity about the future role of the independent sector in providing health care, patient care will suffer…. Read more »