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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 »
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 government is not doing enough to safeguard the UK’s security, David Cameron has warned in his first major speech since last week’s terror alert. The Conservative leader said his party wanted to work with ministers to tackle terrorism, but argued that they had failed to take the required action so far. Mr Cameron said… Read more »
Passenger profiling would be akin to introducing a new offence of “travelling while Asian”, one of Britain’s top Muslim police officers has warned. Metropolitan police chief superintendent Ali Desai said proposals to allow airport security staff to target specific people could alienate large sections of society. He was speaking after reports suggest the Department for… Read more »
