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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 »
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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A formal consensus over policing in Northern Ireland has become a realistic possibility after Sinn Fein agreed to hold a special party conference on the issue next month. The party will vote on whether to support the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) at January’s ard fheis after two-thirds of delegates supported leader Gerry Adams’… Read more »
The governments of the UK and Ireland plan to continue with plans to reinstate a power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland. In a joint statement released today, Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain and Irish foreign minister Dermot Ahern said they were “satisfied” with progress and could continue with legislation bringing to bring the St Andrews proposals… Read more »
