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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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More than 5,000 police officers are claiming compensation from the government for trauma experienced while serving in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. In what is the biggest group action to come before a Northern Irish court, the officers – both serving and retired – are suing the chief constable and the Police Board, alleging they… Read more »
David Davis has appealed to the “wristband generation” as he set out his vision of a Conservative party dominated by the principle of social justice. The Tory leadership hopeful challenged Labour’s assertion that it is the party that cares, by setting out his belief that looking out for the worst-off in society has always been… Read more »
