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DDU highlights challenges in proposed changes to registration of overseas-qualified dentists

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 »

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MDU advises doctors not to ignore inappropriate patient behaviour

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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The future of deficit reduction? Clegg predicts a riot.
Clegg: UK faces ‘Greek-style unrest’

By politics.co.uk staff Britain could experience a wave of Greek-style unrest if Labour or the Tories unleash brutal spending cuts on the back of a slim electoral mandate, Nick Clegg has said. In an interview with the Observer the Liberal Democrat leader said moves to raise VAT, sack public sector workers and freeze wages could… Read more »

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Clegg will be launching the party's Welsh campaign today
Clegg: We’ll stop overdraft charges

By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats will scrap disproportionate overdraft charges if they come to power, Nick Clegg has said.   Speaking ahead of a day in which he launches the party’s Welsh campaign, Mr Clegg said the charges could not be justified when banks were still paying out bonuses.   “A Liberal Democrat government… Read more »