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Give trainees more support to avoid burnout says MDU

A survey of 67,000 doctors in training which shows worrying levels of burnout and exhaustion among the medical profession should concern us all, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said today. The GMC’s annual National Training Survey found that the risk of burnout among medical trainees is now at its worst since it was first tracked in 2018…. Read more »

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Political red tape a threat to shooting in Wales

BASC has labelled the launch of a call for evidence on gamebird releasing in Wales as an “attempt to restrict shooting through red tape” and vowed to fight “restriction proposals” arising from it. The call for evidence focuses on pheasant and red-legged partridge, and has been launched by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to “inform the… Read more »

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Economic debate in the balance
Labour leadership comes out fighting on the economy

By Matthew West The Labour party has attacked Conservative plans for an emergency Budget, saying Tory tax proposals alone would cost each family in the UK £1,500. In a move designed to make the economy the central theme of the debate in the election campaign this week, prime minister Gordon Brown, business secretary Lord Mandelson… Read more »

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Lib Dems would invest in wind turbine manufacturing capacity
Green Lib Dems on policy offensive

By Alex Stevenson The Liberal Democrats have begun a series of policy announcements before the second TV leaders’ debate, in a bid to rebuff attacks from Labour and the Conservatives. Nick Clegg began with the announcement today of a plan to redirect £3.1 billion of spending towards a ‘green stimulus’ which would create over 30,000… Read more »