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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 Conservatives have admitted that they have “belittled” people working in the public services, and promised to forge a new relationship with teachers and healthcare staff. Shadow education secretary David Willetts noted the tense relationship the party had had with teachers in the past, and promised to stop “beating up on them”. The interim report… Read more »
Schools will get an additional £240 million to help them cook with healthy ingredients as part of a drive to cut childhood obesity, the education secretary has announced. Alan Johnson said the money would add to the £220 million already pledged to schools and councils to support new food guidelines, which come into effect this… Read more »
