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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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Straw: Changes will strengthen role
Information commissioner given new powers

The information commissioner is to be given stronger powers to regulate the Data Protection Act (DPA) following a proposal from justice secretary Jack Straw. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will now have the power to enforce a fine on the controllers of data who recklessly or deliberately lose personal data. The ICO will be able… Read more »

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Commons appeals FoI ruling
Commons appeals against MPs’ expenses disclosure

The House of Commons has launched a last minute attempt to prevent full details of MPs’ expenses being published. A freedom of information tribunal ruled last month that the Commons must release details of the second home allowance of 14 MPs’, including Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and David Cameron. The Commons had until this Thursday… Read more »