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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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A diet rich in vitamin C may reduce the risk of stroke, particularly among smokers. Research from the Netherlands found those with the lowest vitamin C content in their diets were 30% more likely to have a stroke than those with the highest amount. Smokers eating high vitamin C diets were more than 70% less… Read more »
Newly crowned Tory leader Michael Howard has announced his shadow Cabinet. Oliver Letwin moves into Mr Howard’s former post of shadow chancellor and David Davis slides into Mr Letwin’s vacated position as shadow home secretary. Michael Ancram maintains his place as shadow foreign secretary. The shadow cabinet has been almost halved in size to just… Read more »
