Sebastian Fuchs

Facing flak over discrepancies in competitive exams, the #BJP-led Central government announced a flurry of decisions to contain the damage wreaked by the row, including shunting the #NTA chief, forming a panel to review the agency's functioning and handing over the probe into the alleged #NEETUG irregularities to #CBI Here are 10 points on the #NEET, #NET row 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g8cZVe86 #UGCNET #NEETUG2024

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Big changes for so many of our partners now… the statutory medical examiners’ system and associated death certification reforms have now come into effect. The Government has laid a written ministerial statement outlining these changes, which can be found at https://lnkd.in/ePXc-nkt. #deathcertificates #deathcerts #funeraldirectors

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Parliamentary Question: What steps does the Government plan to  take to improve support for people with ME Dr Charles Shepherd, Honorary Medical Adviser to the ME Association says: "We have a new Labour Government and this is a recurring parliamentary question on ME/CFS with the same ministerial answer. We would urge the new Labour Government to do its very best to ensure there are no further delays in publishing the Delivery Plan on ME/CFS." Read the ME Association comments in full here: https://lnkd.in/em5KipAs #pwME #MECFS #MyalgicE #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis 

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🤔 Don't assume a phone call is authentic just because they know your name. #CourierFraud often targets vulnerable and elderly people via calls to their landline or mobile telephones from withheld numbers from someone purporting to be a police officer or figure of authority. The criminal then proceeds to inform the victim of fraudulent activity on their bank account and sometimes claims that their bank staff are involved to deter them from contacting the bank another way. The criminal then often directs the victim to attend their local bank to withdraw a large amount of cash and to return home where it will be collected by a police courier for examination – who is actually a criminal associate. Alternatively, the criminal asks the victim to handover their bank card and personal information to that same courier. Work at the #NEROCU continues to pursue fraudsters and bring them to justice, but officers are also determined to make sure the public feel confident and capable of challenging scammers to help catch them in the act and report them in real time. We want to empower victims and raise awareness of the complex scams being used to dupe people out of their hard earned cash. No reputable organisation will mind if you take your time, challenge them, or ask for proof and hang up. If in doubt, speak to someone you trust, drop into your local bank or call the number given on your official bank statement. If you’re sent a link by text or email don’t click it, report it. 📲 For help and advice visit the #ActionFraud website. If you need to report a crime or suspicious activity please speak to your local police force.

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The Defending Democracy Taskforce needs to move further and faster to protect the UK from foreign interference. We can never be invulnerable, but swift action can ensure the UK is better prepared. Read our recommendations below in this article by Nathan Julius Frank

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Government to repeal controversial ‘anti-strike’ law The new Labour government has confirmed it will repeal the so-called anti-strike bill, in a move to “reset” industrial relations across Great Britain. #nurse #nurses #nursing #health #healthcare #policy #government #labour #legislation #strike #strikes #striking #industrialaction #protest https://lnkd.in/evPZn6EB

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Dr Hilary Cass's letter to NHS England on adult gender services is damning. The letter highlights magical thinking and draws into question the basis of “gender medicine”. Dr Cass’s mandate was the review services for children - but she was also approached by concerned clinicians who treat adults. What those clinicians describe is a medical scandal, with the medical and administrative system in disarray, causing the mistreatment of a growing cohort of patients with complex mental-health histories including trauma, abuse, self-harm, criminality, mental illness and learning difficulties. Services, they said, are ideologically driven and clinicians are put under pressure to prescribe quickly , ignoring these distinctions. Often individuals are first seen by a non-medical practitioner and then on their second visit expect a prescription for cross-sex hormones.  Clinicians described patients as being in the grip of “magical thinking” with unrealistic beliefs about what could be achieved through medical transition, which are not corrected or challenged. Magical thinking is when a person believes that specific words, thoughts, emotions, or rituals can influence the external world. It is associated with obsessive and compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety. A related concept is the “overvalued idea” – an unreasonable and sustained belief, as seen in disorders such as anorexia and body dysmorphia. The very idea that a person can change from male to female or vice versa, by changing their name, clothing or hairstyle, taking hormones, having cosmetic surgery or genital remodelling, or getting a government certificate, is in itself a form of magical or unreasonable thinking, which doctors, legislators and the full apparatus of the state have engaged in. Patients receive only limited explanation of risks such as vaginal atrophy and osteoporosis, and their wider mental-health issues are not addressed. Doctors face complaints if they don’t act as ready dispensers of testosterone and oestrogen. Training is inadequate and asking questions is discouraged. There is weak follow-up, and no system for tracking and learning lessons from adverse outcomes, even for suicide. This is a medical scandal. What Dr Cass describes is nothing like the professional evidence-based care that is recognisable as the practice of medicine. Dr David Levy is conducting the review of the effectiveness, safety, and patient experience of f NHS adult services and will consider if the existing service model is still appropriate for the patients. He will have to answer is whether it is ethical for the state to give, or to regulate professionals to give, “medical treatments” that can sterilise patients, impair sexual function and cause other negative health impacts, on the basis of their mistaken belief that other people will accept them as the opposite sex. Read more here in our blog. https://lnkd.in/efkUtj5d

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Trump's victory: What it means for taxes After a presidential campaign that saw a steady stream of tax proposals aimed at a wide range of constituents, Donald Trump will return to the White House next January, when he can begin trying to deliver on those promises. https://lnkd.in/e-ECrvP5 #tax #taxes #business #company #firm #sable #sablegroup #sablegroupllc #accounting #accountant #accountingfirm #taxfirm #accountingbusiness #taxbusiness #accountingcompany #taxcompany #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #irs #internalrevenueservice #taxpayers #taxseason #trump #2024election #election #president

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The Met Police are recruiting Facial Image Examiners. This may be of interest to Super Recognisers. https://lnkd.in/d3khyr3u Applicants successful at the paper-sift stage will be invited to attend an interview which will consist of: face matching task competencies and values framework (CVF) assessed against Level 1 We are emotionally aware We deliver, support and inspire We are innovative and open minded role-related questions

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The Met Police are recruiting Facial Image Examiners. This may be of interest to Super Recognisers. https://lnkd.in/d3khyr3u Applicants successful at the paper-sift stage will be invited to attend an interview which will consist of: face matching task competencies and values framework (CVF) assessed against Level 1 We are emotionally aware We deliver, support and inspire We are innovative and open minded role-related questions

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Auto-Brewery Syndrome: A Defence in Drink Driving Cases? 🍻🚗 A man has been cleared of drink driving after doctors confirmed he has auto-brewery syndrome (ABS). In this blog we discuss: - What ABS is - Symptoms & treatment - ABS as a defence ➡ https://lnkd.in/evMj8KZx #drinkdriving #autobrewerysyndrome

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In the UK, partners or family members are responsible for nearly half of all female homicides, but there is an increasing rate of statement withdrawal from victims in high-risk domestic abuse cases; the LSE’s Professor Tom Kirchmaier and Dr Ekaterina Oparina highlight the alarming relationship between a police officer’s workload and the rate of withdrawal of statements by victims. ❝An addition of 10 cases per officer per month is related to a three percentage point increase in the likelihood of victim withdrawal.❞ ❝During the observation period, the proportion of cases resulting in victim withdrawal surged from 5% to 38%, a staggering increase of 33 percentage points. Our result suggests that the increased workload accounts for 9% of the total rise in withdrawals – a significant portion.❞ ❝Our suggested interpretations of these findings, informed by the institutional knowledge, is that subjecting officers to time pressure leads to policing practices that affect how victims react and engage with the process.❞ https://lnkd.in/e2g2XE4N #lawenforcement #policing #police #crime #domesticabuse #violence #violenceagainstwomen #victims #investigation

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Here is what you should know about homicide offences. 1. Murder is the unlawful killing of another person with malice aforethought either express or implied. 2. Voluntary manslaughter is the killing of another person but one of the partial defences applies. Partial defences are loss of self-control, diminished responsibility and suicide pact. 3. Involuntary manslaughter is either reckless manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter, or unlawful act manslaughter. Sign up now at SimpleStudying to access simplified and condensed study materials in Criminal Law to help you achieve a first-class grade. Subscribe now at https://loom.ly/Yvk_k_E #unlawfulkilling #manslaughter #LLB #GDL #LPC #LLM #law #lawstudent #firstclasslawdegree #firstclass #criminal #exams #homicide #offences

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Former home minister and Congress MP P. Chidambaram has sharply criticised the National Medical Commission's (NMC) re-revision of the undergraduate forensic medicine curriculum, calling it 'unbelievably retrograde.' The revised curriculum controversially categorises sodomy and lesbianism as ‘unnatural sex offences’ and omits distinctions between consensual and non-consensual queer relationships, rolling back earlier changes mandated by the Madras High Court in 2022. It also omits what used to be a seven-hour course on disability. Medical professionals and LGBTQ+ advocates fear this revision could undo recent progress in inclusivity. The NMC defended its changes, citing the need to adapt to India’s evolving demographics and socio-economic contexts. https://lnkd.in/ejRPdQTw Graphic: Faizan Khurshid/NH #MedicalEducation #LGBTQRights #PChidambaram #ForensicCurriculum #NMCReforms #Congress #NationalMedicalCommission

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Boot camps for young offenders are making a comeback, despite clear evidence they don’t work. Studies show these military-style academies fail to reduce reoffending and can even be harmful. So why are they returning? Academics from Te Herenga Waka argue it's time to prioritise effective, evidence-based interventions that truly support rehabilitation in this article for The Conversation Australia + NZ.

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