The British Dental Association (BDA) has roundly criticised government plans to strip dental hygiene and dental therapy students of the NHS bursary. Paul Blaylock, Chair of the BDA’s Students Committee, said: “The abolition of the NHS bursary is bad news for dentistry and for all dental professionals.”
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Lay Council member and Chair of the Finance and Performance Committee, Michael Carroll, has resigned from his positions with the General Dental Council (GDC). He will leave the GDC in October 2016. He said: "It is with considerable regret that due to ever increasing demands for my time from a combination of personal, business and charity work activities, that I felt it necessary to resign from my current GDC roles.”
The British Dental Association (BDA) has responded to the result of the referendum on membership of the European Union. Chair of PEC, Mick Armstrong, said: “We did not take a position in this referendum. Our prerogative is to ensure this profession is heard by any governments making decisions that impact on care, wherever they are based, and whatever happens at the ballot box. Today that role remains unchanged.”
Data recently published show that the percentage of the population seen in past two years remains the same at 55.7%. Band 1 courses of treatment have increased, whereas they are down for all other Bands. Exempt patients account for half of all Band 3 treatments.
Having cake at work to celebrate colleagues' birthdays, engagements or just surviving the week is a danger to health, Prof Nigel Hunt, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, at the Royal College of Surgeons, says and ‘cake culture’ is fuelling obesity and dental problems. At their annual dinner for dentists, he will say workplace temptation stops people losing weight and staff should be rewarded with fruit, nuts or cheese instead.
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The House of Commons Health Select Committee, chaired by Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, will hold a one-off evidence session with the Professional Standards Authority (PSA), which is responsible for overseeing health care regulators including the GDC, on July 5 at 2.30pm.
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