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Lack of access to NHS dentists in Wales set to ‘persist for a while’

Welsh health board admits a lack of access to regular dental care will ‘persist for a while yet’. Anglesey’s Assembly Member…

Dentistry

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… Who is left…

Dentistry

Health and Social Care Committee launches inquiry into dental services

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee is launching an inquiry into dental services in England. It is…

Dentistry

Valuing practice and group sales

Seb Evans interviews Christie & Co’s Simon Hughes about the difference between valuing and selling a single practice and group.…

Dentistry

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… Dentists in England…

Dentistry

Government consulting on water fluoridation and school toothbrushing scheme

The government has launched a new consultation on proposals to help people liver healthier, happier and longer lives. Titled ‘Advancing…

Dentistry

Is NHS dentistry in meltdown?

Michael Watson explains why the 2.5% pay rise is really only a 0.75% rise, and how more is needed to…

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Fail to learn from history and be doomed to repeat it

Nigel Jones urges dentists to take steps to ensure they don’t face the same challenges many did after the 2006…

Dentistry

Dentists in England to receive an above-inflation 2.5% pay rise

The government will be giving an above-inflation pay rise of 2.5% to dentists, which will be backdated to April. Health Secretary…

Dentistry

Concerns grow in Peterborough over availability of NHS dental appointments

Peterborough councillors voice growing concerns over the shortage of NHS dentists accepting new patients. NHS England can only name two practices currently…

Dentistry

Signposting to nowhere

UK dentists get a very early lesson in the kind of autonomy (or more accurately, the lack of it) that…

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‘Visionary document’ on standards for restorative dentistry published

NHS England is publishing new standards for restorative dentistry, which it hopes will serve as a handbook for dental commissioners. The standards…

Dentistry

What odds would suit you?

Is it time to take the gamble and move away from the NHS, Alun Rees asks. According to sources, Sara…

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HPV vaccine available to boys from September this year

Public Health England (PHE) is extending the HPV vaccine to 12 to 13-year-old boys from September this year. HPV causes…

Oral health

Cornwall patients waiting a year-and-a-half for an NHS dental appointment

NHS dental patients in Cornwall are waiting on average 529 days for an appointment, NHS England figures show. Health officials…

Dentistry

Reality TV encouraging children to take up smoking and drinking

Reality TV could be encouraging children and younger people to smoke and drink, public health experts are warning. Nottingham University…

Oral health

‘It’s taking a long time, but we’re getting there’ Sara Hurley says on contract reform

Sara Hurley says the current prototypes are looking ‘favourable’ in terms of providing clinical results. Speaking today at the Westminster…

Dentistry

A looming workforce crisis

A more positive portrayal of NHS dentists in the media could help public perception of the workforce, says Nigel Jones.…

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Dental crisis in Wales as just one in six NHS practices accept new patients

Only one in six NHS dental practices in Wales are accepting new adult patients, research from the BDA shows. The…

Dentistry