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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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The announcement that construction of a new 250mph high-speed railway will get underway by 2017 is good news for both the environment and the economy of Britain. By Nathan Coyne For too long the UK rail network has fared badly in comparison with our continental cousins, where speeds of over 225mph have been the norm… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Fears that Britain’s railways could grind to a halt over the Easter break grew today as Rail and Maritime Union (RMT) members backed strike action. Over three-quarters approved industrial action as the union’s chiefs escalated their threat of major disruption. The RMT is fighting Network Rail’s plans to axe up to 1,500… Read more »
