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BDA elects new General Dental Practice Committee chair
‘A make or break moment for NHS dentistry’: Shiv Pabary has been elected the new chair of the British Dental…
Dentistry
Will 2025 be an economic disaster for the dental sector?
As financial pressures grow, Neel Kothari warns that neither NHS nor private dentistry is immune to rising costs and reduced…
Business
News you’ve missed this week – 8 February 2025
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…
Dentistry
Calling time on NHS dentistry: how to make the move to private dentistry
Join Les Jones, Zoe Close and Manish Chitnis on Thursday 13 February at 7pm as they discuss how to make…
Business
How does NHS dental access compare across England?
Access to NHS dentistry is uneven across England, according to new data analysing A&E visits, staff turnover and access to…
Health & research
News you’ve missed this week – 1 February 2025
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…
Dentistry
Dental clinics and urgent visits: what does NHS dental access look like as 2025 begins?
More urgent dental appointments and free dental clinics are among some of the measures being taken to tackle the NHS…
Dentistry
Funding stalls for NHS dentistry, dental leaders warn
Following a ‘damning’ report into NHS funding, dental leaders have urged the government to ‘put its money where its mouth…
Dentistry
NHS dentistry – being dismantled by design or incompetence?
What will it take to get dentists out of the NHS? Nigel Jones reviews the Labour government’s approach to NHS…
NHS to Private
News you’ve missed this week – 11 January 2025
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…
Dentistry
Pay increase for NHS dentists dubbed ‘inadequate’
A pay uplift of 4.64% for NHS dentists in England has been confirmed, as experts warn that this represents a…
Dentistry
Four in 10 registered Scots cannot access their dentist
Almost 40% of Scottish people who are registered with a dentist have not had an appointment in more than two…
Dentistry
‘NHS dentistry is at death’s door’: health secretary urged to act
As a petition to save NHS dentistry hits a quarter of a million signatures, experts are urging the health secretary…
NHS in crisis
News you’ve missed this week – 21 December 2024
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…
Dentistry
News you’ve missed this week – 14 December 2024
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…
Dentistry
Kevin Lewis: the successes and failures of 2024
Tempus fugit: Kevin Lewis offers his seasonal retrospective on the year’s successes and failures, arrivals and departures, events and non-events.…
Columnists
Males more likely to not have dentist than females, stats show
Just over half of adults report having an NHS dentist in the last month – with one third having private…
Dentistry
News you’ve missed this week – 7 December 2024
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…
Dentistry
Prime minister’s ‘plan for change’ excludes dentistry
Dental experts have criticised prime minister Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’, which did not mention the government’s pledges for dentistry.…
Dentistry