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The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has welcomed the introduction of a change to GDC processes aimed at speeding up the initial inquiries made to assess fitness to practise cases. After a successful pilot, which saw the time taken to assess cases in the scheme average 13 weeks, the GDC has announced it is rolling out the… Read more »
The GDC has published its first report looking at dental professionals who died while undergoing a fitness to practise investigation. It has sadly shown that there were 20 deaths of registrants between 2019 to 2022 of which between one and three were confirmed as by suicide. John Makin, head of the Dental Defence Union (DDU) welcomed… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Labour will not turn radically to the left under Ed Miliband’s leadership, he has insisted. Concerns about the direction of the party were raised when it was revealed he secured the position due to his overwhelming support from union members. Asked whether he deserved the tag ‘Red Ed’ on the Andrew Marr… Read more »
Moving left isn’t the problem it used to be. The new Labour leader is the right man in the right place at the right time. By Ian Dunt There’s a lot of nonsense being talked about Ed Miliband this evening. He’s Red Ed, too far to the left. He’s too geeky to be elected. If… Read more »

