NHS in crisis

NHS dental contract reform: what’s changed and where do we go from here?

For more than 20 years, NHS dental contract reform has been one of the biggest issues facing dentistry in England.…

Dentistry

Will Andy Burnham reform the NHS dental contract?

As ‘King of the North’ Andy Burnham is sworn in as leader of the Labour Party and our next Prime…

Dentistry

Progress has stalled on children’s oral health, report warns

The UK is at risk of raising ‘one of the unhealthiest generations of children in decades’ as roughly one quarter…

Dentistry

When I took NHS Dentistry to Parliament…

James Smith, associate dentist at mydentist in Haslington, Crewe, explains why he took the case for NHS dentistry reform to…

Dentistry

Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister: what this means for dentistry

As Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation, the dental profession is left asking what its political future holds. Today…

Breaking news

Less than half of Northern Ireland registered with a health service dentist

New data shows that just 49% of the population of Northern Ireland was registered with a health service dentist as…

Dentistry

Experts slam cuts to ‘vital’ dental public health roles

Experts have warned that cuts to dental public health roles could weaken prevention work in some of England’s most deprived…

Dentistry

Too many graduates, but not enough NHS dentists?

As MPs begin hearing evidence on England’s student loan system, new data on public attitudes to higher education raises a…

Dentistry

A dental workforce warning from South Africa

A regulatory body sitting on a bottleneck. A workforce that trains, qualifies, then finds the door to progression closed. A…

Dentistry

UDAs up by 48% on Isle of Wight as new dental reforms announced

New measures have been finalised to increase appointment availability, expand urgent care access and strengthen long-term dental services across the…

Dentistry

One in 15 Brits has resorted to DIY dentistry, survey finds

Around 7% of UK adults said they had carried out some form of DIY dentistry in a new survey –…

Dentistry

Funding increase for Northern Irish dentistry deemed ‘insufficient’ as full £8m package confirmed

While dental experts acknowledged the ‘significant efforts’ of the health minister in securing a funding increase, they also stressed that…

Dentistry

‘Absolutely shocking’: Welsh contract rollout draws criticism from practices and BDA

Today (1 April) marks the introduction of changes to the Welsh NHS dental contract but its rollout has been lambasted…

Dentistry

Pay uplift for NHS dentists will have ‘real consequences’, experts warn

The government has confirmed a pay uplift for NHS dentists – though key figures in dentistry say the changes ‘radically…

Dentistry

NHS dentistry satisfaction remains low but Scotland shows what a different model can achieve

New data from the King’s Fund’s Public Satisfaction with the NHS and Social Care in 2025 survey shows that NHS…

Dentistry

One in five surveyed UK dentists provide no NHS care

A fifth of UK-registered dentists said they only deliver private care with no NHS activity, the General Dental Council (GDC)…

Dentistry

Government should do more about dentistry, 65% of Scots say

Only one in five Scots said the government is doing all it reasonably can about dentistry when polled, while 65%…

Dentistry Scotland

NHS dental charge increase dubbed a ‘kick in the teeth’

Patient fees for NHS dentistry will increase from April 2026, which dental experts have criticised as a ‘substitute for state…

Finance & accounting

NHS contract clawback at £900 million in past two years

Dental experts have spoken out against ‘the perversity of the broken contract’ as a BBC investigation said the £900 million…

Dentistry