Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days…
More than 3,000 DCPs did not re-register in 2020
Thousands of DCPs left the profession last year, according to the latest GDC statistics. More than 3,000 didn’t renew, with 1,218 of these voluntarily removing their registration. Despite this, there was a 0.8% increase in the overall number of registrations in 2020.
Hundreds of NHS dental vacancies in Wales left unfilled
As many as 3,000 NHS vacancies are left unfilled in Wales, latest statistics show. Of those, 700 are for dental and medical professionals. Shadow health minister Russell George MS described it as a ‘brain drain’ on public services. He says Wales needs a recruitment and retention strategy with ‘real teeth’.
CDO Sara Hurley announces change to fallow time requirements
Sara Hurley announced changes to fallow time requirements this week. Post AGP down time (fallow time) isn’t necessary for successive appointments between members of the same household. However, the CDO says dentists should still use mitigating measures such as high volume suction.
One in four dentists in Scotland report depressive symptoms
Over a quarter (27%) of Scottish dentists report ‘significant depressive’ symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. This compares with 18% of the rest of the Scottish population. The study raises important issues around trauma, depressive symptoms and emotional exhaustion within dentistry.
COVID-19 – social media and family ‘most common’ sources of oral health information
Family, friends and social media were the most common sources of dental information during the pandemic. That’s according to new research looking to identify where dental fear originates from. The study shows dental pain, female gender and reduced dental attendance relate to increasing dental fear.
Dentistry Gym – sitting and the importance of movement
Dentistry Gym is back this week. Khalil Hussein explores the problems with sitting and the importance of movement. Make sure you take 20 minutes out of your day to complete the latest round of exercises.
Dentistry CPD
Dentistry CPD has launched and offers free enhanced CPD for all dentists and dental professionals. To register and start gaining CPD, simply visit www.dentistry.co.uk/cpd. We’re getting some great feedback from the articles that are already live. Thank you so much for everybody’s positive feedback and for thinking of FMC as your go to CPD provider. If you’re not yet involved, register for free now!
Latest webinars
The schedule for Dentistry Webinars is freeing up a little now. It gives you more chance to catch up with some of the great on demand webinars that are still available and that you might have missed. Some even include CPD! Make sure you head to www.dentistry.co.uk/webinars and see what’s available.
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