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Changes to the GMC’s core guidance for doctors could lead to more regulatory investigations, the MDU warned today. The GMC is currently consulting on a new version of Good Medical Practice including widening the scope of the standards against which all doctors will be judged. Setting these standards is a key function of the GMC. By clearly… Read more »
A review of nurse practitioner cases notified to leading medical defence organisation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU), has found nurses now face a similar range of medico-legal investigations into incidents as doctors. Between 2017 and 2021, the MDU helped 400 nurse members with medico-legal processes including complaints, claims, disciplinary procedures and NMC investigations. The MDU… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Chris Huhne used his conference speech today to dismantle the Conservative project from its foundations, in a fiercely hostile attack on David Cameron’s resurgent party. The Lib Dem home affairs spokesman questioned the Conservatives’ commitment to progressive values and civil liberties, in a wide ranging speech designed to convince voters “the Tories… Read more »
Delegates at the Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Bournemouth give their views on the party’s tuition fees policy. After years of opposition to tuition fees for higher education students, the party leader has now said the austere spending environment may mean its abolition could have to be delayed. Not all are happy with his stance:
