Contract values to rise by 1.34% in April

Contract values to rise by 1.34% in April

The Government has accepted the Doctors' and Dentists' Pay Review Body (DDRB) recommendations for a one per cent increase in GDPs’ pay, which will mean an increase in contract values in England of 1.34%. In Scotland there will be a 1.6% increase in fees. The BDA has criticised the DDRB award for its ‘approach and conclusions’. John Milne, outgoing GDPC Chairman said: “We are living in an era of pay restraint, but restraint should not mean pay cuts.”

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GDPUK members come to the rescue

GDPUK members come to the rescue

GDPUK members have contributed most of the costs incurred by a Scottish dentist who abandoned a defamation case against a patient, but had to pay the latter’s legal expenses of £10,500. Dentist Keith Watson had lodged the defamation action against Andrew McIntosh, relating to claims that led to him being exonerated by the GDC . When Mr Watson abandoned the case the court ordered him to pay £10,050 in expenses to Mr McIntosh.

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BSPD targets obesity and dental decay

BSPD targets obesity and dental decay

The TV programme called Junk Food Kids - who's to blame was partially shot in Leeds Dental Institute and coincides with a co-ordinated offensive to tackle both obesity and dental decay in children and young people by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD). A new position statement from BSPD highlights the diet and lifestyle factors common to the two conditions  which are both alarmingly prevalent among Under 16s.

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