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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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Nearly 30m now in work
Employment figures “best in history”

The government’s employment record is the “best in history”, Gordon Brown told MPs today. The prime minister was addressing the Commons after the latest employment statistics showed a total of 29.36 million people are now in work. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of people claiming unemployment benefit has fallen for… Read more »

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1.8m helped into work under New Deal
Govt claims job filled every 3 mins under New Deal

The New Deal has helped someone off benefits and into work every three minutes since it was aunched a decade ago. As the New Deal marks its ten-year anniversary the government has moved to defend its flagship unemployment programme, claiming it has helped more than 1.8 million people find work. The often-criticised New Deal combines… Read more »