Crime Levels
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 Alex Stevenson and Ian Dunt The government has been “coasting” on anti-social behaviour orders, the home secretary has admitted to politics.co.uk. Anti-social behaviour took centre stage during most of Tony Blair’s criminal justice initiatives, after the former prime minister decided the unruly nature of many of Britain’s town centres on Friday and Saturday nights… Read more »
By Ian Dunt A man was beaten up by BNP men after he spilled a drink on party leader Nick Griffin, an MP has claimed. Labour MP David Drew said the “upstanding” individual was beaten by men around Mr Griffin after he spilled Guinness on the leader. “I don’t know why [Mr Griffin] was wined… Read more »