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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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The early release scheme is being phased out, the justice secretary said today
Early release scheme ended

By Ian Dunt The early prisoner release scheme will be halted, the justice secretary confirmed today. Jack Straw told the Commons the scheme would be phased out by March 12th, with the last inmates freed on April 9th. Shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve said the timing of the phase-out was suspicious. “What in less than… Read more »

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Do prisoners deserve the right to vote?
‘Give prisoners the vote’

By Alex Stevenson Campaigners have stepped up their efforts to give sentenced prisoners the right to vote in this year’s general election. The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) and Unlock, the national association of reformed offenders, believe the ban on prisoners being allowed to vote is incompatible with modern democracy. It may even breach the European… Read more »