NHS in crisis

Registration versus participation: two million NHS-registered Scots have not seen a dentist within two years

An Edinburgh dentist has challenged the prominence given to Scotland’s 95.1% registration rate, arguing that NHS dental participation in Scotland…

Dentistry

Northern Irish dentists face a shortfall of £50 per hour in funding

Delivering Northern Irish health service dental care costs around £145 per hour while current funding only stretches to £90, according…

Dentistry

BDA rejects incremental ADG reform call amid NHS dentistry crisis

The British Dental Association (BDA) slapped down calls from the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) for incremental NHS dental contract…

Dentistry

The NHS unscheduled care blind spot: where the reporting risks lie

Ian Gordon examines the reporting, remuneration and contract-management risks created by the April 2026 NHS unscheduled care reforms. The intention…

NHS in crisis

The real problem with NHS dentistry… and why it’s not money

Neel Kothari explains why administrative burnout and a lack of clinical support, not funding, are the real reasons dentists are…

Columnists

Dentists are not disappearing. NHS dentistry is.

Dentists are abandoning the NHS, or so the headlines say. Rachel Gilmour MP believes ministers, not the profession, should answer…

Dentistry

Dental experts back NHS England move to reduce record-keeping burden

From AI-assisted paediatric dentistry to tackling the clinical record-keeping burden, this week’s updates highlight how technology, workforce investment and changing…

Dentistry

James Frith appointed as dental minister: here’s everything you need to know

Three weeks into Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s term, the government has announced that James Frith will take on responsibility for…

Breaking news

Dentists’ taxable income rises across UK, with Scotland nearing £100,000

Self-employed dentists with some NHS or health service work saw taxable income rise significantly across all four UK nations in…

Dentistry

Greed or psychological crisis? The human impact of NHS clawback

In the wake of a high-profile fraud case, Sarah McKimm explores the psychological impact of NHS clawback and how it…

Business

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