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MDU welcomes step forward for openness and learning in NHS

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 »

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MDU offers free membership for doctors fleeing war in the Ukraine

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 gay rights debate was prompted by the Tories' manouvres in the European parliament
Gay rights debacle puts Tory conference in a spin

By Ian Dunt The Tory conference continues to be bedevilled over gay issues, after a leading gay rights campaigner pulled out of its ‘Conference Pride’ event. Ben Summerskill, head of leading gay rights group Stonewall, decided not to attend the event last night over the conference presence of Michal Kaminski, chair of the Conservatives newly-formed… Read more »

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Stephen Fry: European allies homphobic
Stephen Fry demands Cameron reconsiders Europe stance

By Ian Dunt A group of activists, including TV personalities Stephen Fry and Eddie Izzard, have written to David Cameron urging him to reconsider his party’s grouping with the Polish Law and Justice party. The Tory leader has faced considerable criticism for joining with fringe groups and some radical right-wingers in his efforts to separate… Read more »