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NHS dental charges in Wales set for above-inflation increases

NHS dental charges in Wales are set to increase above the rate of inflation, the Welsh government has said. In its latest…

Dentistry

NHS England criticised for down-playing Capita failings

Comments made by NHS England that seemingly belittle severe delays in processing GDPs’ applications to the National Performers List by Capita, have…

Dentistry

Capita failings stop NHS dentists making a livelihood

Dentists are calling on MPs to hold NHS-subcontractor, Capita, to account for its administrative problems. Capita is responsible for providing…

Dentistry

Another Mydentist practice closes

After Mydentist had to close one of its practices in Wales, Michael Watson looks at why this seems to be…

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BDA Careers Day – helping young dentists kick start their futures

On Friday 10 February at America Square Conference Centre in London, the BDA hosted a Careers Day to help young…

Young Dentist

BDA seeking profession’s thoughts on regulation

The BDA is seeking the profession’s thoughts on what it wants from regulation to guide the BDA’s engagement with Health Ministers…

Dentistry

Screening dental patients for diabetes ‘worthwhile’

Screening dental patients for diabetes would be ‘worthwhile’, a study published in the BMJ has found. The article, titled ‘Periodontitis as…

Oral health

Bill Moyes reappointed as General Dental Council chair

Bill Moyes has been reappointed as chair of the General Dental Council (GDC) by its Privy Council. His appointment as chair…

Dentistry

Delay in delivering new NHS dental contract affecting 65% of practices

Seb Evans discusses the results from the latest Dentistry.co.uk poll about whether the potential new NHS contract is affecting dental…

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Turning a corner

Kevin Lewis takes a closer looks at the GDC’s Shifting the balance: a better, fairer system of dental regulation. As…

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Online antibiotic prescriptions ‘indefensible’

Online antibiotic prescriptions are indefensible without seeing dental patients first, the British Dental Association (BDA) has said. The statement was made after…

Dentistry

Alison Lockyer elected head of BDA’s EEDT Working Group

Alison Lockyer has been elected chair of the BDA’s Education, Ethics and the Dental Team (EEDT) Working Group. The election was…

Dentistry

The advice that never was

Michael Watson reports on the Department of Health’s Managing dental services: a guide for commissioners, practices and dentists in England. Last…

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‘Urgent dental service’ closure piles more pressure on GPs and A&Es

Kentish Town ‘urgent dental service’ is being closed leaving only two hospitals in London capable of dealing with dental issues.…

Dentistry

Tooth decay declared ‘significant public health issue’

The RCPCH has highlighted tooth decay as a significant public health issue in its State of Child Health publication. The Royal College of…

Oral health

BDA Scotland ‘dismayed’ at the number of Scots missing out on NHS dentistry

The BDA Scotland has expressed dismay at the latest figures showing the number of Scots missing out on NHS dentistry. Figures…

Dentistry

What a difference a year makes…

Over a year after her appointment as CDO for England, Seb Evans speaks to Sara Hurley about how the last…

Dentistry

Separated at birth

Big corporate bodies should be held accountable when things go wrong, rather than blaming dentists and treating them like commodities,…

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Whose fault is it if people cannot see an NHS dentist?

The government may lay the blame at the door of dentists for some patients not being able to access an…

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