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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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The government’s attempt to reform the Child Support Agency (CSA) was “one of the greatest public administration disasters” of recent years, MPs have said. The Commons committee warned the government must keep an “iron grip” on its successor to avoid repeating its failures. The Commons public accounts committee (PAC) found the CSA has consistently underperformed… Read more »
The government is to identify at risk children in the womb, as part of a bid to tackle the ‘hardcore’ vestiges of social exclusion. A Downing Street review recommended unborn babies at risk of social exclusion and anti-social behaviour are identified at 16 weeks gestation and their mothers offered intensive support. Women would be visited… Read more »
