CQC

Board moves to improve dental regulation model

A new report has been published to make dental regulation ‘more coherent, streamlined and effective’. The Regulation of Dental Services…

Dentistry

Walking in a Wimpole wonderland

Kevin Lewis reflects on a year of mixed fortunes. As we approach the end of another frenetic year, it is…

Dentistry

Tales of the unexpected

We can’t have high-quality CQC inspection teams and not expect to pay the price, Kevin Lewis says. Daniel Finkelstein, the…

Dentistry

CQC registration, registration, registration

The process for adding another dentist to an existing partnership registration with the CQC is unacceptable, Jeff Sherer says. I…

Dentistry

CQC fees predicted to fall for dentistry

Dentists are being promised cuts in their inspection fees – while some GPs will see their charges more than treble.…

Dentistry

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