BDA

World facing a ‘post-antibiotic apocalypse’

The world is facing a ‘post-antibiotic apocalypse’, Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer (CMO) for England, has warned. That’s unless…

Dentistry

Lies, damn lies and statistics

Michael Watson questions whether the recent BDA statistics about young dentists leaving the profession will have any effect. When you…

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Department of Health must save the dental indemnity ‘crisis’

The Department of Health (DH) must step in and save the ‘crisis’ over dental indemnity fees, the BDA says. DH has recently announced the…

Dentistry

GDC keeps its ARF the most expensive of all UK health regulators

The General Dental Council (GDC) has chosen to keep the annual retention fee (ARF) unchanged, at £890 for dentists. The…

Dentistry

Sixty per cent of dentists looking to leave NHS dentistry

Sixty per cent of UK dentists are planning on moving away from NHS dentistry in the next five years. That’s…

Dentistry

Starting Well programme launched in England

Starting Well, a new innovative programme to ensure children receive better dental advice, has been launched by the Government. The…

Oral health

The missing 50%

The Department of Health should be a little more bothered about the missing 50% of patients who can’t get access…

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Starting Well programme blasted by dental leaders

Starting Well, an unfunded programme to tackle children’s tooth decay, has been launched in Manchester. The programme aims to ensure…

Oral health

Come fly with me

The current way of remunerating dentists means NHS dentistry isn’t reaching the population that mosts needs dental care. Imagine, if you…

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NHS dentists’ earnings drop by 35% in the last decade

NHS dentists’ taxable income has dropped by 35% in real terms since 2006, according to new figures from NHS Digital.…

Dentistry

NHS dental practices not accepting new patients

Almost half of NHS dental practices aren’t accepting new adult patients and only three-fifths are accepting new child patients. That’s…

Dentistry

JCVI using flawed evidence to reject HPV vaccinations

The BDA has accused the JCVI of using flawed modelling as a basis to reject HPV vaccinations in all children.…

Dentistry

How long will the NHS ‘national disgrace’ continue?

How long will dentists be able to continue ‘choosing’ which patients they see, Michael Watson questions. The headline figures, published by…

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Patients missing out on NHS dental care a ‘national disgrace’

Almost half (48.6%) of adults in England haven’t seen an NHS dentist, new figures from NHS Digital show. Although experiencing a…

Dentistry

Northern Ireland’s ‘reckless’ health cuts blasted

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has been told to find £70 million worth of savings from the Health Service. This…

Dentistry

At least 1.8 million pensioners suffering with urgent dental condition

At least 1.8 million people aged 65 and over could have an urgent dental condition, a new report has suggested.…

Oral health

Freeze on foundation dentist trainers’ pay an act of ‘self-harm’

The Government has confirmed a 1% pay increase for foundation dentists and a 1.14% uplift for general dental practitioners. Along with…

Dentistry

Care homes not providing sufficient oral health support

A new Healthwatch report has found that some care homes are providing insufficient support to access dentists. In the report…

Oral health

The top 10 lies in dentistry

Alun Rees lists some of the top lies that are told around dentistry. The top 10 lies that (some) patients…

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