Michael Watson
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Is a two-year check up the answer?
If the NHS wants to create a financially viable way of keeping dental spaces in appointment books it will need…
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New dentists in Lincolnshire
The Government should be reconsidering the flawed economic model of the current dental contract, Michael Watson argues. When I worked at…
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What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… NHS dentists in…
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NHS dentistry in meltdown
There are not enough people working on dentistry at the Department of Health and Social Care, Michael Watson says. Recently this site…
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Absolute trust
Michael Watson explains why the Gordon Pate case and the role of the GDC is so important. One hundred and…
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Free at the point of delivery
The NHS hasn’t been ‘free at the point of delivery’ since it was barely 15 months old, Michael Watson argues.…
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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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Dental manpower crisis
Direct access and more therapists are required to solve the staffing crisis in dentistry, Michael Watson says. At the end…
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What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Just how bad…
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Just how bad does it have to get?
Michael Watson details exactly what’s going wrong in NHS dentistry and what the Government needs to do to resolve it. Over…
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Pressure builds on Government over sugar
Stronger action is required if the nation is to tackle the childhood obesity and tooth decay crisis, Michael Watson says.…
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Has outsourcing had its day?
The 2006 dental contract doesn’t work from a financial and business structure, Michael Watson says. Last week dental news was…
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A reason to smile
Lets support dentistry’s brand, the smile, and get behind National Smile Month, Michael Watson says. So here we are, beginning…
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Caring for care homes
Dentists will continue to get the blame for poor oral health in care homes until the Government starts commissioning dental…
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Are dental associates really self employed?
Why aren’t associate dentists classed as employed, Michael Watson questions. Last week’s blog by Alun Rees on this site discussed…
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Are some practices subsidising the high UDA rates of others?
The BDA should be making sure some dental practices aren’t subsidising the high UDA rates of others, Michael Watson says.…
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NASDAL figures – are dentists overpaid?
Michael Watson questions whether the BDA is ‘crying wolf’ over the pay of dental practice owners. The annual NASDAL (National Association…
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Sugar advertising ban now more likely
We are long overdue action from the Government to tackle obesity and in turn child decay, Michael Watson says. According…
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Patient charges being increased
An increase in patient charges could encourage dentists to take on more children, Michael Watson says. Late last Friday, the Department of…
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