The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has raised concerns about the increased workload and accountability for dentists taking on the supervision of provisionally registered colleagues who qualified overseas. Responding to Department of Health and Social Care provisional registration for overseas-qualified dentists the DDU says it has profound misgivings about whether the system being proposed is workable and practical from a workforce and patient safety… Read more »
A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
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The NHS is expected to finish this financial year in the black, after the Department of Health (DoH) published its finances for the first quarter. The figures show the health service is making progress on both financial management and performance after incurring a heavy deficit two years ago. However, the Liberal Democrats warned the surplus… Read more »
David Cameron has warned immigration in to the UK is too high and risks over burdening public services. Stepping carefully into immigration politics, Mr Cameron said there were legitimate concerns to be had over immigration and the strain it places on education, housing and the health service. Mr Cameron said: “People have very real concerns… Read more »
