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A day in the life: multi-site manager
Deborah Ewing shares her inspirational story and offers an insight into her day-to-day life working within a dental group. I…
Dentistry
Dentistry is low risk for patients
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) State of Care report has found dentistry delivers low risk, good quality care. The CQC…
Dentistry
I’m a dentist, get me outta here
The GDC should only investigate the initial complaint, and not sift through clinical records to find ‘something to stick’, says Jeff…
Dentistry
Evlynne Gilvarry has insisted the GDC is ‘turning the corner’
The head of the under-fire General Dental Council (GDC) has insisted it is turning the corner and will take the…
Dentistry
Stopping the GDC
Healthcare regulators, including the GDC, need a radical overhaul of how they operate, Michael Watson believes. Last week the Professional…
Dentistry
Taking practices to the next level
If you are looking for innovative ideas on how to take your practice to the next level then look no…
Dentistry
What the shooting of Cecil the lion can teach dentists
Michael Watson covers the recent story about a dentist killing Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Perhaps if the lion hadn’t…
Dentistry
A quick start guide to recent changes in CQC compliance
Are you aware that the CQC has recently changed the way in which it regulates and inspects practices? Amy D’Arcy-Burt,…
Dentistry
‘Trust dentists and let them get on and do their jobs’
Michael Watson reports from the Westminster Health Forum in his latest blog. Once a year I am sent an invitation…
Dentistry
Don’t allow a culture of fear to crush dentistry, Mick Armstrong says
Mick Armstrong believes dentists should be allowed to do their jobs without oppressive regulation and thinks the current fear culture must be addressed.…
Dentistry
Developing a profitable practice
Plan provider, Patient Plan Direct, and Goodman Grant Solicitors have teamed up alongside a range of expert speakers to put…
Dentistry
Nothing in government manifestos for dentistry
Dentistry is not mentioned once in any of the general election manifestos of the big three Westminster parties. In 2010,…
Dentistry
Are we dealing with creeping normality?
Nigel Jones takes a look at how the forthcoming planned changes within NHS dentistry may or may not creep up…
Dentistry
Management madness at the CQC
Specialist dental lawyer and NASDAL member Jenin Khanam has condemned the Care Quality Commission’s confusing requirements for registered managers of…
Dentistry
CQC regulation fees
The introduction of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to the dental profession was not without controversy. The administrative burden placed…
Dentistry
New dental adviser appointed at the CQC
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed John Milne, a practising dentist in West Yorkshire and the current chair of…
Private Practice
New dental adviser at the CQC
John Milne has been appointed as the new national professional dental adviser at the Care Quality Commission (CQC). John Milne,…
Dentistry
CQC’s latest report described as a ‘ringing endorsement’ for good practice in dentistry
The British Dental Association (BDA) has described the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest report as a ‘ringing endorsement’ for good…
Dentistry