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What happens if…??

Do you have a plan if the catastrophic were to happen, Alun Rees questions. When my mother was widowed she wisely…

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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… HPV vaccine to…

Dentistry

BDA challenges Jeremy Hunt to invest in prevention

The British Dental Association (BDA) has challenged Jeremy Hunt to put prevention at the heart of any NHS spending pledges.…

Dentistry

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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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… Government announces new…

Dentistry

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

Where credit is due

Kevin Lewis compares the frustrations of UK rail commuters with NHS dental contract holders. Picture a world-weary commuter – probably…

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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

Dental manpower crisis

Direct access and more therapists are required to solve the staffing crisis in dentistry, Michael Watson says. At the end…

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Needs must

Does the NHS require special treatment, Kevin Lewis questions. The long-term dilemma of finding a way to fund the NHS…

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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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Fresh demands for Government to increase funding in NHS dentistry

The Oral Health Foundation is demanding the Government significantly increases its spending on NHS dentistry. It has highlighted strong public…

Dentistry

NHS dentistry under the spotlight

In the second of a two-part article, Sophie Hatton reports back from Simplyhealth Professionals’ ‘If’ roundtable debate, which brought together…

Dentistry

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

Evaluation of the NHS England prototype dental contracts published

The prototype dental contract clinical model works but more needs to be done on the business model, Professor Rooney says. 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

GPs not given training to spot dental neglect

GPs are not given the time or training to spot the signs of dental neglect, new research has shown. The…

Dentistry

A split decision

The additional money raised by the sugar tax is just going to go back into Government hands and not help…

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