Dentistry

The GDC has updated its Investigating Committee guidance to improve fitness to practise processes

The General Dental Council (GDC) has confirmed that as part of on-going improvements to its fitness to practise processes it has…

Dentistry

How to end your professional relationship with a patient because trust has broken down

The DDU receives many calls from practices asking how to manage aggrieved patients. Many issues can be resolved swiftly by…

Dentistry

GDC pushes back its ARF deadline to ‘consider the outcomes and some broader themes that have emerged’

Instead the GDC (General Dental Council) has pushed back that decision until 30 October – an extension of nearly seven…

Dentistry

New chairman elected for lawyers group

The achievements of the NASDAL (National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) Lawyers Group include the development of a…

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The GDC has given an ARF consultation update and moved the final report due date back

The General Dental Council’s (GDC) consultation on the annual retention fee (ARF) level closed on 4 September. The GDC has…

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My life as an overseas trainer – Raj Ahlowalia explains how he has travelled around the world teaching dentistry

My journey as an overseas trainer began in 1995, when I decided to leave the NHS. Back then, I thought…

Dentistry

Department of Health urges GDC to justify ARF hike

Ministers said they did not normally comment on proposals made by the likes of the GDC, which it acknowledged is…

Dentistry

Get the marketing lowdown

Les Jones will be touring the UK in September, delivering a number of one-day marketing masterclasses entitled How to market…

Dentistry

Direct mail… the rewards can be sweet

The use of direct mail has been out of fashion among forward-thinking businesses in recent years. With the advent of…

Dentistry

Drop in Welsh children experiencing dental decay

The report, by the Welsh Oral Health Information Unit, which is based at Cardiff University and Public Health Wales, shows…

Dentistry

The need for financial protection

For most people the only contact they have with the protection market is when they buy their first home with…

Dentistry

Is the property bubble going to burst?

The short answer is – no. There has been some discussion of late about London in particular. Experts consider our…

Dentistry

Dental Protection responds to ARF consultation

The GDC has justified the unprecedented scale of the increase in the annual retention fee (ARF) primarily on the basis…

Dentistry

Health and Wellbeing Survey

In fact, employees view them as the most important benefit in demonstrating their employer’s support for their wellbeing (according to…

Dentistry

Scottish independence

On holiday earlier this year, I met a couple from outside Glasgow who asked what I thought the outcome of…

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Equip you and your team to embrace the changes ahead

Change is indeed a scary prospect, so to help dental practices weather the storm and face change head-on, this year’s…

Dentistry

Grouping together increases value

Over the course of the month of August, aided by Dental Elite, a group of six individual dental practice owners…

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Winner announced

In June Dentistry magazine and Breathe Business launched a competition to win £5,000 worth of consultancy in return for dentists…

Dentistry

BDA submits ‘damning’ evidence to fee rise consultation

The British Dental Association (BDA) has submitted an official response to the General Dental Council's (GDC’s) consultation, including an independent…

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