NHS England

Dental news you’ve missed this week – 23 July 2022

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem – here’s what happened over the past seven days… Government announces…

Dentistry

9 April 2022 – dental news you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Sara Hurley CDO…

Dentistry

Sara Hurley CDO releases update on NHS contract and withdraws SOP

Chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley, has updated the dental profession on the latest NHS contract requirements.  In a…

Dentistry

Current NHS contract has ‘run out of road’, says CDO Sara Hurley

The current UDA system is no longer workable – but there needs to be ‘understanding and compromise’ in the face…

Dentistry

Decon Pete – National Standards of Cleanliness, what’s required?

Decon Pete gives a further update on the National Standards of Cleanliness document and exactly what practices will need to…

Dentistry

Free flu vaccinations for dentists scrapped by NHS England

NHS England have axed free flu jabs for dentists and their teams this year in a move slammed by the…

Dentistry

Decon Pete – NHS National Standards of Cleanliness

Decon Pete speaks to us about the NHS National Standards of Cleanliness 2021 and explains what it means in practise…

Dentistry

Extra £50 million of funding pumped into NHS dentistry

Hundreds of thousands of new dental appointments will be made available following new funding for NHS dentistry. The money will…

Dentistry

Dental news you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Almost 1,000 dentists…

Dentistry

Omicron wave – dental practices can submit claim for lost activity due to staff absence

Exceptional circumstances have been announced by NHS England in light of the continued impact of Covid-19 and staff absence. Where…

Dentistry

‘Completely demoralised’ – why the NHS targets have pushed me to go private

As 2022 rolls in, NHS dental providers will now have to deliver 85% of their contracts as part of the…

Dentistry

Dental news you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Boris Johnson quizzed…

Dentistry

Dental professionals need to have first vaccine dose by February

NHS England confirmed unvaccinated dental staff need to have had their first dose by the end of winter to meet…

Dentistry

CDO Sara Hurley releases updated SOP for dentistry

An updated standard operating procedure (SOP) is now available for dental teams. Yesterday chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley…

Dentistry

What’s new in the latest IPC guidance?

Changes to pathways and distancing are just some of the updates from the latest infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance. …

Dentistry

One quarter of year six schoolchildren now obese, says NHS

Obesity rates among infants has soared by almost 5% in only one year, new statistics reveal.  Between 2019-20 and 2020-21,…

Dentistry

Discrimination and bias ‘may be getting worse’ in NHS, says report

Discrimination and unfair treatment is ‘evident’ within the NHS despite efforts to tackle it, a new report found. The findings…

Dentistry

Targets, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the impact on dentistry

Nigel Jones recently caught up with Eddie Crouch, chair of the BDA’s Executive Committee, to discuss the late UDA target…

NHS to Private

Primary Care Appeals: getting to the heart of dispute resolution

NHS Resolution introduces its Primary Care Appeals service, helping to resolve any disputes between the NHS and dental practices. Relationships…

Dentistry