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The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has published the report of its inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) engaged closely with this inquiry, submitting written evidence. The MDU welcomes the publication of today’s report but cautioned against too much focus on fundamental and complex structural change, at… Read more »
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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Chair of the health and social care committee Jeremy Hunt, whose amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill is set to be debated by MPs this afternoon, has said the current investment in the NHS is “counterproductive” due to its lack of long-term strategy for training. The former health secretary’s amendment proposes that the… Read more »
The NHS must improve its approach to its “exhausted” and “overstretched” workforce to tackle its record appointment backlog, says the King’s Fund, a think tank specialising in health policy. 5.8 million people are currently awaiting hospital treatment in England, say new figures from NHS England. This is a record high since records began in 2007…. Read more »
