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DDU highlights challenges in proposed changes to registration of overseas-qualified dentists

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 »

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MPs savage UK Parole Board
MPs savage UK Parole Board

By Ian Dunt An influential committee of MPs has savaged the UK’s Parole Board, saying members are coming under pressure to make decisions on serious offenders without key information. MPs said the prison and probation services had proven unable to provide the timely and complete information necessary for the parole system to run effectively. “The… Read more »

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Graduation; but for how much?
University fees ‘may have to rise’

By Ian Dunt and Richard James Universities may have to increase their fees to remain at a world-class level, Universities UK has said. The representative body for higher education institutions said the cap may have to be raised to £5,000 or £7,000. The conclusion comes in a projection of funding scenarios, Changing Landscapes: Future Scenarios… Read more »