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The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with independent charity Doctors in Distress to provide MDU members with access to health and wellbeing services to support positive mental health. The partnership, launched today (13th November) to coincide with World Kindness Day, focuses on two initiatives. The… Read more »
Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The pathologist who performed the post-mortem on weapons inspector David Kelly has broken rank to defend himself, against a backdrop of increasingly insistent demands for an inquest into the death. Various groups have expressed concerns about the official report into his death, which, unusually, was delegated to Lord Hutton’s inquiry rather than… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Dominic Grieve is prepared to intervene in the debate over the death of weapons inspector David Kelly, but insists he must be given further evidence if he is to take action. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, the attorney general said those doubting whether Dr Kelly committed suicide “may have a valid point”…. Read more »