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Supervising provisionally registered dentists will increase workload and accountability, DDU says

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 »

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Cumbria Police on track to reduce the backlog

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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Strength returns to housing market
Strength returns to housing market

The housing market showed signs of strength returning to the market as prices increased rapidly and record levels of house purchases were approved. The latest survey from the Nationwide Building Society revealed that whilst most regions across the UK saw house price growth reducing, London showed rising prospects led by rising equity markets and a… Read more »

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MMR jab 'safe' says Dr that linked it to autism
MMR jab ‘safe’ says Dr that linked it to autism

A fall in the take up of MMR, and the subsequent rise in cases of the diseases it prevents, have been highlighted by a Doctor who triggered the link between MMR and autism. Dr Simon Murch was involved in an early research paper that was used to link the rise in autism with the MMR… Read more »