Joe Hendron
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Dental nurse removed from register after CPD declaration slip up
‘Struggling to cope’: A dental nurse has been made unemployed for not declaring her CPD and is now waiting six…
Dental Nursing
Cornwall demanding action with 50,000 patients on waiting list for an NHS dentist
Cornwall Council is calling for action as 48,000 patients wait for an NHS dental appointment. Devon and Cornwall patients are waiting an average…
Dentistry
Survey asks dentists about contract reform, the GDC and mental health
A year before the new NHS contract is rolled out, a survey is being launched to ask dentists for their…
Dentistry
Confidence in NHS dentistry low
Many dentists lack confidence in the future of NHS dentistry, results from the 2018 NHS Confidence Monitor show. The survey,…
Dentistry
NHS dentistry facing mass exodus of dentists
NHS dentistry is facing a potential mass exodus, with 86% of dentists looking to leave in the next five years.…
Dentistry
One year since I left the prototype programme…
Fliss McCalmont spoke to Joe Hendron a year after he withdrew his practice from the prototype programme. A little over a year ago,…
Dentistry
Is working in NHS dentistry like being in a pot of boiling water?
A bunch of frogs in a pot of boiling water trying to negotiate how fast the temperature is being turned…
Dentistry
Rise in the number of unhappy dentists planning to leave the NHS
The number of dentists that don’t see themselves within the NHS in five years time has increased by 16%. That’s…
Dentistry
Calls in Oxfordshire for better access to dentistry in care homes
Healthwatch Oxfordshire is calling for better access to dental treatment for residents in care home. The calls come after a…
Oral health
Taking the pulse
The NHS needs to make a clear statement over what it will and what it won’t provide, Michael Watson says.…
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Dentists demand better dental services in care homes
Dentists around the UK are calling on the Government to properly fund dental services for residents in care homes. The…
Oral health
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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