Levelling Up
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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A new report from the Public Accounts committee (PAC) has accused the government of failing to be transparent over the “gambling” of billions in funding awards for “Levelling Up” programmes. PAC sat that ministers finalised the principles for awarding the first round of £1.7 billion of Levelling Up funds only once they knew the identities… Read more »
The Department for Business has announced its intention to publish a draft bill to revamp the UK audit regime and cut EU red tape. Officials hope reforms will boost big business accountability and help British businesses operate with more agility and investment. The move will reduce the risk of large companies collapsing, thus, increasing job… Read more »