Record visitors for GDPUK site

GDPUK has record month

Dental website, for UK dentists and their teams, GDPUK.com had a record month in January 2016 with 44,492 unique visitors who made 153,880 visits to the site.  This surpassed GDPUK's previous record of 39,304 uniques and 139k total visitors in December 2014.

During January, GDPUK's Twitter followers also reached a significant milestone, passing 5,000. Follow us @GDPUKcom

GDPUK forum also hit new milestones during rainy January, see below, when the Forum went past 20,000 topics created. 

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Dentists have a key role to play – Minister

Dentists have a key role to play ? Minister

Health Minister, Alistair Burt MP, said that dentists have a key role to play in improving child dental health through prevention. He also said that a new contract, based on the outcomes of the current prototypes could be rolled-out nationally in 2018-19. He was replying to a House of Commons debate, imitated by dentist MP, Sir Paul Beresford. The minister will address the BDA conference on May 27.

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GDC wants to hear your views on Case Examiners

GDC wants to hear your views on Case Examiners

The General Dental Council (GDC) is consulting on its plans to introduce Case Examiners, to speed the Fitness to practise process. Complaints will be dealt with, they say, more quickly and efficiently making it safer for patients and a less stressful experience for dentists or dental care professionals. Case Examiners will agree undertakings with dentists where this is proportionate. The consultation is now open and will run until March 14.

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PM challenged over lack of dentists in Bradford

PM challenged over lack of dentists in Bradford

Access to NHS dentists was raised by Bradford South MP, Judith Cummins, at Prime Minister's Questions. She asked the Prime Minister to look at the lack of availability of NHS dentists there ‘as a matter of urgency’. Mr Cameron replied that there had been a ‘big increase’ in NHS dentistry since 2010 and reminded Labour about ‘huge queues around the block’ for an NHS dentist when Labour was in government.

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BDA calls for smoking cessation funding to be ring fenced

BDA calls for smoking cessation funding to be ring fenced

The BDA says it is dismayed to learn that around 40 per cent of local councils have dropped their free stop-smoking services when incidences of mouth cancers are soaring. The chair of the BDA’s Health and Science Committee, Russ Ladwa, said: “Investing in stop-smoking services ought to be a mandatory rather than an optional service given the high prevalence of oral cancers and their poor mortality rates.”

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What is the GDC really doing to prevent future deaths?

What is the GDC really doing to prevent future deaths?

Stephen Henderson
November, around Armistice Day is an appropriate time to remember those that have died, so it is timely that the GDC has finally produced its report into deaths that have occurred during fitness to practise investigations GDC publishes report on causes of death during fitness to practise investigati...
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Antarctic Expedition on the horizon

Antarctic Expedition on the horizon

Cat Burford
Polar skills training ✅ Expedition Training ✅ Crevasse Recognition and rescue training ✅ Navigation Training  39-day full east to west crossing of Greenland ✅ 2-week solo expedition, Hardangervidda, Norway ✅ Tyre-pulling, running, strength training, mindfulness, kit routines practised ✅ Funding...
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NHS 111, snakes and ladders to get your emergency treated

NHS 111, snakes and ladders to get your emergency treated

Guest Contributors
n Almost every dental desert item in the news is illustrated with a personal story from someone unable to find NHS dental treatment for their emergency, and who was left in pain. The usual response from the minister of the day has been that patients with a dental emergency should use the NHS 11...
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Scope of Practice guidance – Chaos at the GMC and GDC. What on earth is going on?

Scope of Practice guidance – Chaos at the GMC and GDC. What on earth is going on?

Stephen Henderson
The safe delivery of medical and dental care to the UK population relies on effective teamworking with leaders delegating tasks to qualified and competent colleagues with a range of professional registrations. In both medicine and dentistry, a number of registrant groups can practice autonomously wi...
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Has common sense has broken out at the GDC?

Has common sense has broken out at the GDC?

Stephen Henderson
In all the excitement surrounding the General Election and the arrival of a new government the GDC has been busy. It has slipped out several items on its website including its 2023 Annual Report and Accounts.   It has published new guidance papers and launched consultations as well as appr...
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A toxic culture within the regulator - The NMC is in deep trouble. How does the GDC compare?

A toxic culture within the regulator - The NMC is in deep trouble. How does the GDC compare?

Stephen Henderson
Anyone that has worked in a difficult environment where fear of raising concerns, bullying and where there is a blame culture will have enormous respect for the whistleblower that took on the Nursing and Midwifery Council for their failure to address these concerns. 
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