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The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has welcomed the introduction of a change to GDC processes aimed at speeding up the initial inquiries made to assess fitness to practise cases. After a successful pilot, which saw the time taken to assess cases in the scheme average 13 weeks, the GDC has announced it is rolling out the… Read more »
The GDC has published its first report looking at dental professionals who died while undergoing a fitness to practise investigation. It has sadly shown that there were 20 deaths of registrants between 2019 to 2022 of which between one and three were confirmed as by suicide. John Makin, head of the Dental Defence Union (DDU) welcomed… Read more »
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UK inflation eased back to its lowest level for more than two years last month, official figures show. Inflation stood at 3.9 per cent last month, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It is a dramatic fall from the 4.6 per cent recorded a month earlier. Most economists had been expecting inflation to fall to… Read more »
Peter Bone has lost his seat in a recall petition, it was revealed yesterday, leaving another by-election for Rishi Sunak to contend with. North Northamptonshire Council confirmed last night that 13.2 per cent of constituents signed the recall petition, which means the constituency is now vacant. A recall petition is triggered when an MP is… Read more »
