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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has welcomed a vote in the House of Lords to strengthen the ‘safe-space’ provisions under which healthcare professionals can take part in investigations that take place following a patient safety incident. Dr Matthew Lee, MDU chief executive said: “The need to move away from a culture of blame, to one… Read more »
Foundation Year 1 members (FY1) of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) have raised over £30,000 which will be divided between the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and the Doctors’ Support Network, two charities which provide health, wellbeing and financial support to doctors and medical students across the UK. The MDU reduced the first-year subscription from £10 to £5 for… Read more »
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Conservative London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson has insisted he will not change neighbourhood policing teams after pressure from Labour. Comments in the Local Government Chronicle newspaper from the Tories’ leader on the London Assembly, Richard Barnes, had suggested the Conservatives may consider cutting neighbourhood policing in the capital’s safest areas. Home secretary Jacqui Smith jumped… Read more »
A thinktank says council leaders, not the London Assembly, are best equipped to deal with the next mayor of London – whoever that may be. On May 1st Londoners vote to decide whether incumbent Ken Livingstone or Conservative challenger Boris Johnson will spend the next four years in City Hall. The building is also home… Read more »
