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How we could solve the cost of living crisis within NHS dentistry
Mohsan Ahmad considers the impact the cost of living crisis is having on NHS dentistry – and puts forward potential…
Dentistry
What do dental students think about the NHS?
Zaira Cantara discusses how the NHS access crisis is affecting her education and what the general sentiment about NHS dentistry…
Future of Dentistry
Is NHS dentistry collapsing – or has that become a narrative?
‘It’s not all doom and gloom’: Del Kahya addresses the ‘skewed perception’ of NHS dentistry and why it’s important to…
Dentistry
With change comes opportunity
Nigel Jones considers the many options available in dentistry right now, and why investing some time and energy can get…
NHS to Private
NHS dentists in England at lowest level in 10 years
The number of active NHS dentists in England is at its lowest level in a decade, official figures show, as…
Dentistry
Introducing the Future of Dentistry
Introducing the Future of Dentistry – a new campaign focusing on the forces at play in the ever-changing world of…
Future of Dentistry
The Secret Dentist – how to fix NHS dentistry
Following on from his discussion of the current issues presented by NHS dentistry last month, The Secret Dentist describes the…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 20 May 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… GDC versus…
Dentistry
Why charging top-up fees will cripple the NHS dental budget
Following the High Court’s ruling that charging top-up fees is permitted, Neel Kothari discusses why this is a ‘disaster’ for…
Dentistry
Dentistry and the cost of living crisis – views from the profession
We hear from three dentists about the impact of the cost of living crisis and how it is – or…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 13 May 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… High Court…
Dentistry
Has the GDC become too close to NHS England?
Neel Kothari discusses the ‘several issues’ that the General Dental Council (GDC) versus Williams case raised, and questions whether it…
Columnists
What now for the NHS?
Is there a future for NHS dentistry? Practice Plan’s sales and marketing director, Nigel Jones, offers his views following the…
NHS to Private
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 6 May 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Millions of…
Dentistry
‘Hundreds’ of people queue for NHS dentist
After a dental practice in Norfolk announced it would be taking on new NHS patients, hundreds of people were reportedly…
Dentistry
Millions of children have not seen an NHS dentist in last year
The BDA has warned that the oral health of children is set to worsen following new research highlighting the lack…
Dentistry
Care homes ‘are being deprived of dental services’
A care home manager said it had become an ‘impossibility’ to get NHS dentists to visit residents when they need…
Dentistry
Dental profession bites back at claims NHS dentistry is ‘recovering’
The British Dental Association has urged parliament to set out a clear roadmap to reform for government after it tried…
Dentistry
Costs leave one quarter of patients delaying or avoiding treatment
Current costs are leaving one quarter of patients delaying or avoiding treatment, according to new statistics. With NHS dental charges…
Dentistry