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Thoughts on the Christie & Co report
Money raised from clawback should go straight back into dentistry and not used to prop up other areas of the…
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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… Report on UK…
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Shifting baselines
Gradual downhill changes can be dangerous for your practice. Alun Rees explains how it happens. The phrase ‘shifting baselines’ was first used…
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The amalgam quandary
Could the phasing out of amalgam force some dentists into ‘unethically’ claiming more UDAs, Neel Kothari questions. For years NHS…
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New dentists in Lincolnshire
The Government should be reconsidering the flawed economic model of the current dental contract, Michael Watson argues. When I worked at…
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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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Is the corporate bubble about to burst?
It won’t be long before we see queues outside dental practices again, Neel Kothari says. Over the last decade dental…
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Are dental associates really self employed?
Why aren’t associate dentists classed as employed, Michael Watson questions. Last week’s blog by Alun Rees on this site discussed…
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Are some practices subsidising the high UDA rates of others?
The BDA should be making sure some dental practices aren’t subsidising the high UDA rates of others, Michael Watson says.…
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Dental practices continue to increase profits, latest statistics show
Dental practice principals increased their profit by an average of 3% over the last year, according to the latest statistics…
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Close encounters of the fourth kind
The Department of Health and Social Care has missed an opportunity by repeating exactly the same model in the next…
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Patient charges being increased
An increase in patient charges could encourage dentists to take on more children, Michael Watson says. Late last Friday, the Department of…
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Should we split claims to maximise UDAs?
The current ambiguous NHS system leaves ethically-minded dentists carrying the burden, Neel Kothari argues. One of the most debated topics…
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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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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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Is dentistry making you sick?
Don’t leave it too late and make sure you get help if you need it, Alun Rees says. Dentistry is…
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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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Are ethical dentists underclaiming on the NHS?
The ambiguous wording of the NHS contract could leave many dentists underclaiming to err on the side of caution, Neel Kothari…
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Pre-emptive strikes
Fraudulent claims by ‘imaginary’ patients aren’t the fault of NHS dentists, Kevin Lewis says. Climate change may be making it…
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