Energy
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 »
BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
Latest articles
Traditional light bulbs are to be phased-out as part of efforts to control climate change. Environment secretary Hilary Benn announced today major retailers and energy suppliers have launched a voluntary initiative to phase out high energy light bulbs and replace them with low-energy alternatives. The government wants to see all traditional lightbulbs phased out by… Read more »
John Hutton today attempted to prove the Labour government does have a vision on the environment. The secretary of state for business said Gordon Brown would be bold in increasing the use of renewable energy. But boldness appeared to refer to the means rather than the ends, with government targets for renewable energy use criticised… Read more »
