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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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Financial chaos continues to surround the UK economy today, even as the FTSE index continues to show sustained signs of recovery. Northern Rock, the bank taken over by the government last February, was today turning away savers after customers realised they were the only bank in the country offering complete protection to deposits. “Recent turbulence… Read more »
David Cameron faces criticism for misleading the public in his speech to the Conservative party conference yesterday. In one of his speech’s most impassioned sections Mr Cameron claimed teachers are not permitted to put a plaster on a child who has grazed his or her knee without a first aid officer being present. He attacked… Read more »
