Dentistry

New appointment at Riveredge Dentistry

  One of the the North East’s leading dental practices has strengthened its team with the appointment of a new…

Dentistry

Management madness at the CQC

Specialist dental lawyer and NASDAL member Jenin Khanam has condemned the Care Quality Commission’s confusing requirements for registered managers of…

Dentistry

CQC regulation fees

The introduction of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to the dental profession was not without controversy. The administrative burden placed…

Dentistry

Irish Dentistry Awards airs on national TV

The 2015 Irish Dentistry Awards made national TV last night when highlights from the night aired on Irish TV. The…

Dentistry

Suspending (dis)belief

Kevin Lewis discusses the current perceptions of dentists and explains where all this has come from. It is said that…

Dentistry

Your practice’s digital existence

Are you utilising the world wide web for your practice? Chloe Bradbury discusses what tools you could implement to make…

Dentistry

Dental students help to improve dental care for Salvation Army residents

A group of second year dental students from Plymouth University, supported by the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise, are working with…

Dentistry

The healthy properties of membership plans

Michelle Hardy explores the reality behind the Laingbuisson report indicating that dental practices with membership plans have fared relatively well…

Dentistry

Minister reacts to vCJD ‘inaction’ calls

There is not enough evidence that proposed measures to protect patients from contracting the human form of ‘mad cow disease’…

Dentistry

The varying roles of a practice manager

DPAS explains how it can help with the changing role of the practice manager. When it comes to the day-to-day…

Dentistry

What is the purpose of the GDC?

The Government’s response to the Law Commission’s report on the regulation of health and social care professionals is neither an…

Dentistry

NHS v private: eight common concerns

Lynn Leach presents eight of the more common concerns dentists feel when considering whether their future lies within the NHS…

Dentistry

On the road again

Sunir Gyawali has taken to the road for Philips covering the Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex areas for Philips Zoom! and Philips…

Dentistry

Finding your perfect target market

Jonathan Fine explains how to increase sales at your practice by finding some extra curricular activities. In this article I…

Dentistry

Hitting the right chord at the Dentistry Show

Kerr’s team is excited to meet up with dental professionals at the forthcoming Dentistry Show. In addition to exhibiting the…

Dentistry

The challenge of performance management

Lesley Bailey passes on some of the techniques for managing performance. I was lucky enough to work for Boots the…

Dentistry

GDC welcomes whistleblowing review in the NHS

The General Dental Council (GDC) has welcomed the independent review of whistleblowing in the NHS, ‘Freedom to Speak Up’, led…

Dentistry

Are you in the dark when it comes to retirement?

Michael Copeland looks at some of the changes to the NHS Pension Scheme, as well as what you need to…

Dentistry

More people being seen under the NHS

A total of 30 million patients were seen in the 24-month period ending 31 December, 2014, which is an increase…

Dentistry