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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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As Britain prepares for austerity, it appears CEOs have not heeded the chancellor's suggestion that 'we are all in this together'
Sunak discards austerity

The British economy has experienced a chequered time for much of modern history, with periods of growth followed by slump, positive boom in turn eclipsed by negative bust. The global economic crash of 2008, along with the overwhelming impact of the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, have evidently sent shockwaves through both domestic and international economic… Read more »