Dental Contract

Dental contract progress ‘frustratingly slow’

Progress towards a new dental contract is ‘frustratingly slow’, a health minister has admitted. Dan Poulter owned up to disappointment within…

Dentistry

Early findings from the dental contract reform engagement exercise

The Department of Health conducted a dental contract reform engagement exercise this summer to test elements of a registration and capitation model…

Dentistry

The search for a new dental contract

Michael Watson explains how the current dental contract could be made to work, and why it currently isn’t. Long before Harry…

Dentistry

LDCs create alternative dental contract

Dentistry reports on an exercise pitting prototype dental contracts against ACRs. There is a strong rumour the new prototype reformed…

Dentistry

The case for contract reform is now ‘irresistible’ according to the GDPC

The British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC) met recently (10 October 2014) to debate changing the General Dental Practitioner…

Dentistry

Competitive business procurement and how to win an NHS dental contract

Having been awarded a seven figure dental contract last year following a procurement, Jeff Sherer gives some insight into the world…

Dentistry

Michael Watson reports on the latest from the NHS dental contract

It is now six months since health minister, Lord Howe, speaking at the BDA Conference outlined a timetable for reform.…

Dentistry

Local Dental Committees showing the way forward on contract reform

A group of Local Dental Committees (LDCs) has produced a proposal for possible alternative contract reform as a framework to…

Dentistry