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To remove that at a time when the committee is hinting at additional safeguards does not seem to be in the best interests of those who are using the practitioners' services.
The question is whether denturists operate to a poor standard or are just, as it appears to me, people who do a job to the best of their abilities and in good faith and who are willing to seek any accreditation that they can.
In some local authorities, the leadership is progressive, proactive and serves the best interests of the applicant. Other local authorities see themselves in a dictatorial light and aim to be as obstructive as possible with the simplest of applications.
We found that not having problems with those four points was the best predictor of acceptable cleanliness, but that, in one or two hospitals, things were going wrong in spite of that.
We also want to avoid any delay to the application of the measures in Scotland, because they will be a useful deterrent to future incidents.The Sewel motion is the best course of action in the circumstances.