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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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By Sam Dale The Conservatives have won a key seat in Carlisle, which has been held by Labour since 1964. The victory represents a huge success for the Conservatives who made the seat target number 136. There was a 7.7% swing to the Tories which would lead to a Conservative majority if repeated nationally. Incoming… Read more »
By Sasjkia Otto Labour’s Gwyn Prosser has lost Dover to the Conservatives with a surprise ten per cent swing. Mr Prosser lost nearly 5,000 votes to the Conservatives this year and saw its 45% share of the vote in 2005 reduced to 33%. Labour shed 11.8% of voters. The Conservatives gained a 44% share of… Read more »
