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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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John Prescott is “covered in sleaze” and must resign as deputy prime minister with as much good grace as he can still muster, Norman Baker has warned. The Liberal Democrat MP was speaking after Scotland Yard announced it would be looking into his claim that the deputy prime minister broke anti-corruption laws in visiting the… Read more »
Charles Kennedy has rejected reports that he is plotting to oust Menzies Campbell and return as leader of the Liberal Democrats. The News of the World yesterday reported a senior party source saying that Mr Kennedy, who resigned in January amid concerns about his drinking, was “deadly serious” about standing for the leadership once again…. Read more »
