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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 politics.co.uk staff Thousands of motorists look set to lose their licence under new plans which will see the police given the power to issue on-the-spot fines and penalty points for careless driving. More than a million drivers have six or more points on their licence and face the possibility of having points added arbitrarily… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A Conservative club and its steward have been ordered to pay £5,000 in fines and costs after being caught breaking the smoking ban. The Balfour Conservative Club in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and its steward, John Phillips, all pleaded guilty and were each fined £1,000 by magistrates, in addition to costs of £3,000. Following… Read more »
