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High-flying hygiene
I’m living on station at RAF Cranwell [in Sleaford, Lincolnshire] so I’m in surgery within 10 minutes. I was an…
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Ten ways to defuse incidents
A comprehensive training programme is the most effective means of preparing staff to address disruptive behaviour or assaults. There are,…
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Keep the flu away from you!
Dental nurses, are you involved in the fight against the further spread of the pandemic influenza H1N1 (swine flu)? Are…
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Beyond the standard
ough times both require and produce outstanding leaders. Winston Churchill in WWII and Nelson Mandela overseeing the birth of a…
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Time for associates to break free?
Back in August, an article appeared in the GP magazine Pulse about salaried GPs considering splitting from British Medical Association…
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Genetically modified
Before Facebook and the internet, there was Radar. I should explain, perhaps, that I am referring here not to the…
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Managing redundancy
Which of us hasn’t quietly consulted the Business Link website for information about making an employee redundant? Or read, with…
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Simplifying the complex
The difference between good results and great results is often directly related to the ability to bring all the disciplines…
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Cutting it out
There has long been an inherent flaw in most of the ways in which dentists are remunerated for their services.…
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We’ve been deceived – again
I have been hoodwinked and I don’t like it. When the Steele report was published in June, the secretary of…
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International pride
The media has once again been preoccupied with the NHS, this time to defend it against vituperative attacks from US…
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Retired? You’ve got to be joking
I am not particularly a morning person. I start to function best mid-morning, but I can work just as well…
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Don’t hold your breath
The headline above was the phrase that stayed with me on leaving a recent meeting at which both Jimmy Steele…
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Michael Watson on new contracts and London buses
New contracts are like London buses – you wait ages then three come along together. The 1990 contract was for…
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Advanced gum disease may increase cancer risk
A new study suggests a common form of gum disease may significantly raise the risk of head and neck cancer.…
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Judge pours cold water on fluoridation plans
A high court judge has given the go-ahead for a court challenge to fluoridation plans of Southampton’s water supplies. The…
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‘I’m guilty of burning the candle at both ends’
I’m definitely a morning person. On a normal working day, I get up early, at 6.45am, to check my emails…
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Surf and turf
The evidence is growing that private dentistry has been bitten by the economic downturn. For the most part it appears…
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Smoking – the reasons for the damage caused
Cigarette smoking is well known to be a major cause of oral disease and over the last few years the…
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