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The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has raised concerns about the increased workload and accountability for dentists taking on the supervision of provisionally registered colleagues who qualified overseas. Responding to Department of Health and Social Care provisional registration for overseas-qualified dentists the DDU says it has profound misgivings about whether the system being proposed is workable and practical from a workforce and patient safety… Read more »
A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
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IEA: Govt will ‘undermine, not increase’ responsibility
By Peter Wozniak The government’s optimism over yesterday’s growth predictions is unjustified, Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary will argue later. In a speech to the thinktank Demos today, Douglas Alexander will warn of a “jobless recovery”, with unemployment stubbornly refusing to fall. He will add: “I am worried the government is too complacent about… Read more »