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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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Homepathic treatment should not receieve NHS funding, the MPs' reports said
No more homeopathy on the NHS, MPs demand

By politics.co.uk staff A damning new report on the use of homeopathy in the NHS by an influential panel of MPs has demanded an end to government funding of the controversial treatments. The science and technology committee also said the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should not allow homeopathic product labels to make… Read more »

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A national care service is causing controversy in Westminster
Tories boycott Labour care talks

By Ian Dunt The Tories will boycott Labour-organised discussions on a national care service, after branding them a government smokescreen. Andy Burnham, health secretary, will be holding talks with charities, local authorities and care providers to discuss the provision of elderly care, a subject which has prompted bitter rows in the Commons this month. But… Read more »