NHS England

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… Fluoridation of water…

Dentistry

Date set for new contract

The new NHS general dental services contract is to be rolled out from April 2020, Dentistry magazine has learned. The timetable…

Dentistry

Report on UK dental market: percentage of female dentists set to increase

The proportion of female dentists in the profession is set to increase to more than 60%, according to Christie &…

Dentistry

NHS to limit sugary drinks sales in hospitals

The NHS is restricting sugar-sweetened drinks in hospitals to cut patient, visitor and staff sugar consumption. Trusts across England have pledged…

Oral health

Dentistry to take positive stance on recruitment post Brexit

Dentistry needs to take a positive stance on Brexit and recruitment opportunities it could create, Sara Hurley says. Speaking at…

Dentistry

What is appropriate (indemnity) cover?

Current inquiries into indemnity cover may have far-reaching effects on dental indemnity, Neel Kothari says. Recently NHS England informed dentists of…

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Seven years in: the evolution and impact of the CQC

Nigel Jones and John Milne discuss the effect the Care Quality Commission has had on the profession and how the…

Dentistry

Professor Paul Coulthard appointed dean at Queen Mary University

Professor Paul Coulthard has been appointed as dean for dentistry at the Queen Mary University of London. He will be…

Dentistry

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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It will end in tiers

NHS England’s plans to introduce tier two dentists will devalue GDPs’ status, Kevin Lewis argues. There are several ways to…

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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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Private healthcare data to be captured by NHS systems

Private healthcare data will soon be recorded in the same way as NHS data in England. That’s after the launch…

Private Practice

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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NHS England admits Capita failings are ‘unacceptable’

NHS England admits that Capita failings were ‘unacceptable’ and should not have happened, when questioned by MPs recently. Mismanagement by…

Dentistry

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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NHS dentists challenged to see 70,000 more pre-school children

NHS England has challenged dentists to see an additional 70,000 pre-school children over the next year. These calls have come in…

Dentistry

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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Capita services ‘a long way below an acceptable standard’

The National Audit Office (NAO) has called Capita’s primary care support services ‘a long way below an acceptable standard’. It…

Dentistry

Steve Brine MP responds to NHS dentistry questions

The Department of Health is no longer in charge of NHS dentistry, Michael Watson claims. If there is one date…

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