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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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Labour is expecting a drubbing in the local and European elections. The expenses scandal appears to have damaged Labour far worse than the Conservatives, with most analysts presuming this has something to do with the Tory leader’s quick reaction to the revelations. Now calls for Gordon brown to stand down have gathered pace, while the… Read more »
By Jonathan Moore In June 2007, Gordon Brown made history when he appointed Jacqui Smith as the first female home secretary. Since that time she’s been at the forefront of a lot of controversial measures, not to mention a number of major scandals which have consistently threatened to end her tenure. Following the news today… Read more »
