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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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The government has been urged to review the use of antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos) after a thinktank warned they are counterproductive. Although designed to curb antisocial behaviour, an Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report warned an “Asbo culture” risked creating a self-fulfilling prophecy among young people subject to the orders. Asbos have been issued… Read more »
The government is to review the use of batons in young offenders institutions (YOIs) in England and Wales. Current legislation prevents staff from using batons to control children under 18, but the Prison Officers Association has called for the rule to be overhauled to provide more protection against a rising number of assaults by inmates…. Read more »
