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‘When will we realise that nothing is going to happen without drastic action?’ asks The Secret Dentist. Time to throw the baby out with the bathwater? Time to jump out of the frying pan into the fire? Whatever we as a profession have tried for the last 20+ years has not worked to improve the…
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Following on from his discussion of the current issues presented by NHS dentistry last month, The Secret Dentist describes the ‘drastic change’ needed to fix the system. So, bear with me, as we need some blue sky thinking to get the profession out of the mess that is general practice in its current form. I…
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‘The monster we call the NHS has grown into an uncontrollable beast’: this month, The Secret Dentist discusses the NHS’s effect on the perception of dentistry compared to medicine, and explains how redesigning the dental profession could help. Over the last 50 years in the UK, dentistry and medicine have taken increasingly different paths. Currently,…
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This month the Secret Dentist discusses how to protect your sanity from daily pressure and the key to a happy life. Is the glass half full or half empty? Doom and gloom? Exciting and positive? We live in an age of information overload. Overloaded 24/7, 365 days of the year. We all have good and…
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After a challenging 2022, the Secret Dentist wonders if there is any light at the end of the tunnel as we start a new year. I ended my last blog at the end of last year with a request for you to reflect and consider whether you were ready and able to be a positive…
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The Secret Dentist has not held back – this month they discuss how damaging the attitude of the GDC and the NHS dental contract are to the dental profession. The attitude of the GDC towards the dental profession over the last few years really does sum up all that is wrong within the healthcare environment…
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As the country falls apart, the Secret Dentist weighs in on its impact on dentistry and how to get on with life. Well, well, well, well, well. All is certainly not well in the UK at the moment! Fast on the heels of laying Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to rest, our lives seem to…
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After the tragic passing of the selflessly devoted Queen, the Secret Dentist calls on all dental professionals to reflect on their own contribution to dentistry and the example being set in the profession. Whether you are a monarchist or republican, I believe that the death of the Queen could be a good time for everybody…
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‘Pathetic, underwhelming, disingenuous, dishonest’: The Secret Dentist has not held back on his thoughts on the NHS dental contract changes and the government’s disregard for the world of dentistry. Pathetic, underwhelming, disingenuous, dishonest, inconsequential, insignificant, irrelevant. Can you think of any more words to describe the recent missive from NHS England, or do you think…
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‘You need to plan to change things’: The Secret Dentist is at it again… This month he shares the key to living a long and happy life. Hopefully by now most of you will have had a break of some sort. A chance to lift your head up, have a stretch and hopefully relax for…
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This month The Secret Dentist calls on organisations in dentistry to say NHS dentistry is not fit for purpose. In my last blog two months ago, I wrote about the ‘war’ which had just started in Ukraine. It is amazing how just two months later the conflict is almost becoming ‘normal’. It doesn’t reduce its…
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The Secret Dentist reflects on the war in Ukraine at the moment and gives their thoughts on what they think should happen. Since I wrote my blog one month ago Russia, as predicted by most of the western world, has invaded Ukraine. I remember the day after this happened walking down the street where I…
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The Secret Dentist believes the Covid pandemic is calling the end of NHS dentistry as we currently know it. For many months now independent private practice has been booming. My view is that a few factors are causing this, which play into the hands of non-NHS general dental practice. NHS general dental practice is imploding.…
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The secret dentist focuses on reasons to feel positive with a growing private dentistry potential this month. At the moment, wherever you look and whatever you read, the world appears to be in turmoil. COVID surges, climate change, overwhelming immigration, Chinese threats, staff shortages, supply chain problems, high energy prices, killings and stabbings, Middle East…
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This month’s Secret Dentist calls on foundation dentist trainers to write to The Treasury about the lack of investment in NHS dentistry. Any dentist over the age of 40 has a duty of care to the UK population and younger colleagues. They need to lead by example and actively distance themselves from anything to do…
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This month, the Secret Dentist focuses on ‘Freedom Day’ and how it hasn’t really changed the way we’re all living our lives. I am not sure what you were expecting on ‘Freedom Day’, but I found the difference certainly underwhelming. Down in my neck of the woods I have felt a certain easing of minds…
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…to ditch NHS dentistry and get the whole profession to move in the right direction, the Secret Dentist says. What has NHS dentistry ever done for you? NHS dentistry began (along with the rest of the NHS) on 5 July 1948. It was overwhelmed, and then within two years the charges paid to dentists had…
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The Secret Dentist urges us to remember that you are a healthcare professional and make sure you crave the right things in this month’s column. My column last month couldn’t have been more apt after what we saw happen in the world of football last week. Was it greed? Was it FOMO? Was it pure…
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With consumption becoming a common indicator of success, The Secret Dentist encourages you not to get sucked in. Every day you are bombarded with messages that imply you need to earn more money or do better than you currently are. Otherwise you are missing out on the latest whatever it might be. Never a day…
