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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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International condemnatio of Israel's blockade increased after the attack
Trimble on Gaza flotilla inquiry

By politics.co.uk staff Israel had rejected UN demands for an independent international inquiry into its attack on an aid flotilla, but appointed two foreign observers to its domestic committee. Former Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble and Canadian judge Ken Watkin will oversee the Israeli investigation, although they have no voting rights. It will be… Read more »

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The attack on a Gaza aid ship has prompted international condemnation
Britain wants international Israel inquiry

By Alex Stevenson Britain and France have issued a joint demand for an international presence on a probe into the Israeli military’s raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship. In a joint statement following their meeting in Paris foreign secretary William Hague and French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner called for a “credible and transparent investigation” into… Read more »