Lindsay Hoyle
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 »
Dental professionals are being warned by the Dental Defence Union (DDU) that the application of tooth jewellery poses an ethical dilemma. The DDU has published a fictional dilemma, based on real cases notified by members, in which a dentist was asked by a patient for his teeth to be made to resemble fangs. The patient was… Read more »
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Following “abuse” towards Keir Starmer outside parliament last night, the Speaker of the House, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, made a statement, which reminded MPs that their “words have consequences”. This follows “reports that some abuse was directed towards the leader of the opposition related to claims made by the prime minister”. Hoyle repeated his previous remarks,… Read more »