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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 »
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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An NHS trust has today been condemned for poor practice by the health watchdog, following the deaths of ten women who gave birth in one of its hospitals. The Healthcare Commission said the “sad and tragic series of events” at Northwick Park Hospital between April 2002 and April 2005 were caused by a lack of… Read more »
Nurses and other healthcare staff are threatening to strike over planned changes to NHS Direct that could see almost 600 people made redundant. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Unison, the biggest public sector union, warn that plans to cut staff, reduce the number of call centre locations and reduce the number of nurses… Read more »
