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The MDU and Doctors in Distress partner to provide members with mental health and wellbeing support services

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 »

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Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment
Humanists UK backs bill for Church of England disestablishment

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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Passengers lose £1 billion on rail delays
Passengers lose £1 billion on rail delays

Delays on journeys last year cost passengers £1 billion in lost time, MPs have found. The loss comes despite the fact those using rail networks forked out £5.1 billion in fares, the public accounts committee revealed. Passengers often complain about the lack of information when delays occur, which is due to poor communications between Network… Read more »

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Rail regulator threatens to turn to Competition Commission
Network Rail worried by efficiency demands

Network Rail has reacted with concern to efficiency demands placed on it by the rail watchdog today. The Office of Rail Regulation’s (ORR) period review, which has taken place over the last three-and-a-half years, reveals its expectations of Network Rail from 2009 to 2014. It wants to see Network Rail cope with a 22.5 per… Read more »