Responding to recently announced proposals by the Department of Health and Social Care on provisional registration for overseas-qualified dentists, John Makin, head of the Dental Defence Union (DDU), said: “It’s important that the GDC makes the process of registration for colleagues who qualified overseas as smooth as possible while discharging its key duty, that of ensuring patient… Read more »
Doctors are being reminded to get help if a patient makes an inappropriate advance, now that new guidance by the regulator places more emphasis on reporting unacceptable sexual behaviour in the workplace. In a recent MDU survey on receiving gifts from patients around 15% of the 411 MDU members who responded had concerns about the reason for… Read more »
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The leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin and founding chairman John Tyndall have today been charged with race hate offences. Mr Griffin, 45, of Welshpool, was charged by West Yorkshire police with four offences of using words or behaviour intended or likely to stir up racial hatred and will appear in front of… Read more »
A review of the whole benefits system is needed to prevent those who claim benefits from sliding behind the rest of the population, according to Citizens Advice. It argues that the method of setting benefit levels risks marginalising those claiming benefits. Citizens Advice notes that adults on Jobseekers Allowance will see their income rise by… Read more »
