CQC

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