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GMC guidance on fatigued doctors welcomed by MDU

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomes updated COVID-19 guidance for GMC fitness to practise decision makers. The guidance advises them to take account of ‘sustained and extreme periods of fatigue’ among doctors. Dr Caroline Fryar, MDU head of advisory services said: “Yesterday, an MDU survey of over 500 members revealed that one in four doctors admitted being… Read more »

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Torture controversy: FAQ

By politics.co.uk staff Ever since news broke yesterday of the government allegedly being complicit in the torture of Binyam Mohamed, the debate has centred on whether Britain was right to accept a US request not to publish documents that could threaten national security. But the real issue at stake is whether Mr Mohamed was tortured…. Read more »

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Britain ‘covering up American torture’

By politics.co.uk staff The UK government has been accused of using issues of national security as a smokescreen to cover up torture of a British resident by American agents. Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian national with British residency, has been in Guantanamo Bay for five years, prior to which he claims he was rendered and repeatedly… Read more »