NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
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Financial support to make dental studies more accessible
Eligible students on a range of health courses, such as dental and medical, will be able to claim 50% more…
Dentistry
NHS Workforce Plan: the laboratory community reacts
The government’s new NHS Workforce Plan has no mention of dental technicians or clinical dental technicians despite the challenges labs…
Laboratory
Dental nursing recruitment crisis – first cohort completes new apprenticeship
A brand new oral health practitioner apprenticeship has seen its first cohort receive their qualifications. This first-of-its-kind programme was designed…
Dental Nursing
Why dental hygienists and therapists are key to expanding access to dental care
With Prime Minister Rishi Sunak highlighting dental therapists as key to the UK’s dental access issues, we hear from Miranda…
NHS in crisis
‘I feel like I’m drowning’ – can NHS dentistry actually change?
Nishma Sharma opens up about her views of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan and why attitudes towards NHS dentistry…
Dentistry
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 15 July 2023
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… MPs demand…
Dentistry
‘Just a short-term sticking plaster’ – the profession reacts to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
As the government announces plans to increase workforce numbers in the NHS, we hear from figures in dentistry who share…
Dentistry