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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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Richard Holden, the Conservative MP for North West Durham, has launched a new bill to outlaw virginity testing. The practice, which is still offered by some clinics in the UK, has been described as a violation of human rights by the WHO and the UN. Mr Holden stated that the practice was “medieval”, as he… Read more »
In our Working Knowledge series, we speak to people in the know about their areas of expertise. Admiral Lord West served as an admiral in the Royal Navy and was an Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office under Gordon Brown. He spoke to us about the strength of the Royal Navy.
