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What should the BDA’s GDPC be fighting for?

After the latest re-elections for the BDA’s GDPC, Michael Watson looks at what it should be campaigning for this year. First of all,…

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Performer list woes

Dental practice owners are suffering because the NHS and Capita can’t issue performer numbers, Jeff Sherer says. The unfortunate demise of…

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Give patients notice of plans to go private

Dental practices looking to move from NHS to private treatments are being advised to warn patients of their plans. The…

Dentistry

The Carillion effect

How does the Carillion collapse relate to NHS dentistry? Alun Rees explains. Carillion has gone. Another rude awakening from the easy delusions that ‘bigger…

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Are dental practices ever full?

The profession should stop carrying out adult courses of treatment on the NHS if the epidemic in children’s oral health…

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Dental students trained to recognise signs of abuse

Australian dental graduates at James Cook University (JCU) are being trained to recognise signs of domestic abuse. This is the first-of-its-kind…

Dentistry

‘Misleading’ and ‘unfair’ headlines about NHS dentistry

We need to stop playing ‘the blame game’ and get behind local and national initiatives to help promote better oral…

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Cognitive dissonance – again

With increasing expectations from patients, dentists are spending more time worrying about what could go wrong than enjoying the work they do,…

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Tooth extractions amongst children reach record highs of almost 43,000 last year

Teenager and child tooth extractions reached record highs last year, equating to 170 hospital operations a day. The latest figures from…

Dentistry

Coming of age

Kevin Lewis explains why a royal college is so important for dentistry as FGDP looks to become independent. The year…

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Will the Daily Telegraph letter gather just as much support amongst patients?

The letter in the Daily Telegraph might be a big hit amongst dentists, but will it hit the same chord with patients,…

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NHS dentistry described as an ‘international disgrace’ in Daily Telegraph

Tony Kilcoyne has published a letter in the Daily Telegraph highlighting the crisis NHS dentistry is facing today. In the letter, which…

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Where does the news come from?

No evidence of difference does not mean there is no difference, Alun Rees says. There has been a Twitter storm…

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Dental patients can’t get appointments due to Government ‘cuts on the sly’

Spending on dental care has dropped in real terms by £7.50 per head in England over the last decade. That’s…

Dentistry

All change in dentistry next year

How will technology change the way we work in the distant future, Michael Watson questions. The changing ways in which we…

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Fair treatment of complaints rejected by the GDC

John Makin says there needs to be fairer treatment of complaints not investigated by the GDC. Readers of my previous…

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Millions of patients unable to get an NHS dental appointment

Millions of NHS patients are struggling to access dentistry, an investigation by The Times has found. The investigation uncovered that 24 local authorities in England aren’t…

Dentistry

Is the Government limiting access to NHS dentistry?

It might not be long before the Government starts recommending annual check ups for those with good oral health, Michael…

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You could not make this up

With the news Jeremy Hunt will now create an NHS workforce plan, Alun Rees questions what he’s been doing up…

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