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Why we ought to consider ‘employment’ status for some dental associates
Dentists should be involved in the argument over the employment status of associates, Neel Kothari says. By now some of you…
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LDC chair leaves dental prototypes
After the Department of Health launched the fourth wave of prototypes, Michael Watson reflects on how reforming the dental contract is going.…
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Tooth extractions amongst children reach record highs of almost 43,000 last year
Teenager and child tooth extractions reached record highs last year, equating to 170 hospital operations a day. The latest figures from…
Dentistry
Department of Health must save the dental indemnity ‘crisis’
The Department of Health (DH) must step in and save the ‘crisis’ over dental indemnity fees, the BDA says. DH has recently announced the…
Dentistry
Some good news at last
The launch of the Dental Check by One programme is at last some good news for dentistry, Michael Watson says.…
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The missing 50%
The Department of Health should be a little more bothered about the missing 50% of patients who can’t get access…
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How long will the NHS ‘national disgrace’ continue?
How long will dentists be able to continue ‘choosing’ which patients they see, Michael Watson questions. The headline figures, published by…
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‘Frustrating’ contract reform
Seb Evans speaks to Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen about the BDA’s involvement with NHS dental contract reform. Seb Evans (SE): Who’s involved…
Dentistry
Are politicians accountable anymore?
Ministers should stop shifting the blame to the NHS, Michael Watson says. A blog from Nicholas Timmins caught my eye…
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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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New plans to impose fixed limits on legal fees
The Department of Health has launched plans to impose fixed limits on fees charged by lawyers for lower value negligence…
Dentistry
Dentistry voices grave concerns over UDA allocations
Julian English and Neel Kothari send a letter to Sara Hurley, Ian Brack and David Mowat MP, highlighting the high number…
Dentistry
In dentistry’s defence
As John Makin becomes the new head of the DDU, Seb Evans talks to him about his role and the…
Dentistry
Sara Hurley tells it straight
After Sara Hurley’s latest talk at the Conference of Local Dental Committees, Michael Watson explains how dentistry is run in…
Dentistry
Charging migrants for NHS dental treatment
Dental leaders are on a fresh collision course with the government over another attempt to make migrants pay for their NHS…
Dentistry
The battle between quality and quantity
Nigel Jones reviews the current landscape of NHS dentistry. It is an interesting time at the moment in NHS dentistry…
Dentistry Features
GDC to stop publishing full address of registrants on its website
The General Dental Council (GDC) will stop listing full addresses of dentists and dental care professionals on its public register. Instead, the…
Dentistry
Does the UDA system really need changing?
It is not the UDA system that needs changing, Michael Watson believes. On the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the…
Dentistry
What will the increase in NHS dentistry fees mean?
Could the increase in NHS dentistry fees cause dentists to look elsewhere to reach their UDA target, Michael Watson questions.…
Dentistry