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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By politics.co.uk staff The Tories asked Weakest Link host Anne Robinson to run for London mayor, according to an interview with the TV presenter. “I don’t think I’ve ever revealed this, but, before the Tories asked Boris to be their candidate for mayor of London, they asked me if I’d stand,” Ms Robinson said. “Steve… Read more »
By Liz Stephens and Ian Dunt The UK government has published correspondence which appears to back its position over the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi by the Scottish executive. The Scottish government followed suit in the afternoon by publishing background reports on the case. The letters support UK government assertions that no deal was done… Read more »