NHS policy and dental access

NHS dentistry and contract reform: care minister updates profession

The government has a ‘moral duty’ to support communities that need access to NHS dentistry. This according to the minister…

Dentistry

The truth will out: evidence-based solutions for NHS dentistry

Neil Carmichael highlights the importance of evidence from within the profession in the campaign to fix NHS dentistry. In my…

NHS in crisis

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Keeping a plan alive in practice – with Donna Hall

Are you looking to learn about the benefits of a membership plan and how to communicate them to your patients?…

NHS to Private

Extra NHS dental appointments: 1.5 million could remain untreated

Demand for an NHS dentist stands at 2.2 million – but new urgent appointments will only cover one third of…

NHS in crisis

MPs call for more action to tackle dental crisis

All four Labour MPs representing Dorset have joined forces to urge the government to tackle the dental desert created in…

Dentistry

NHS dentistry: 700,000 extra urgent appointments set to be rolled out

Thousands of patients across England will be able to access urgent and emergency dental care as the government and NHS…

Dentistry

One in five patients find their local hospital building unsafe

Almost 20% of the public said their local hospital was not a safe place to receive care in a recent…

Dentistry

Dental recovery plan has failed, NHS leaders admit

The previous government’s proposed dental recovery plan has not been successful, NHS leaders have acknowledged. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC)…

Dentistry

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

More than 100 patients queue for NHS dental access at Bristol practice

A dental practice in Bristol drew a queue of more than 100 people as it announced it would be taking…

Dentistry

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

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

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

‘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

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