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The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has welcomed the introduction of a change to GDC processes aimed at speeding up the initial inquiries made to assess fitness to practise cases. After a successful pilot, which saw the time taken to assess cases in the scheme average 13 weeks, the GDC has announced it is rolling out the… Read more »
The GDC has published its first report looking at dental professionals who died while undergoing a fitness to practise investigation. It has sadly shown that there were 20 deaths of registrants between 2019 to 2022 of which between one and three were confirmed as by suicide. John Makin, head of the Dental Defence Union (DDU) welcomed… Read more »
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The Conservative Party’s beleaguered leader Iain Duncan Smith’s popularity had plummeted to a record low of minus 22, though Prime Minister Tony Blair stands at minus 28 points. The PM’s popularity continues to be hit by the Dr Kelly scandal and public reaction to the war in Iraq. The Tories lag behind the Government by… Read more »
At least ten people have been killed and 100 injured after Israel’s military launched five air raids in central Gaza. In the most recent assault, late Monday night, Israeli helicopters fired at least two missiles at the Boureij refugee camp in central Gaza. The attack carries on from separate raids earlier in the day that… Read more »
