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Assumptions on UDA clawback must not be made

The British Dental Association (BDA) has welcomed a ruling by the NHS Litigation Authority that a primary care trust (PCT) must prove the level of inappropriate claims it is alleging a practice has made, rather than making assumptions based on a snapshot of a limited period of time or number of patients. Dr John Milne described the ruling as ‘a victory for common sense.’

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Child tooth decay too high, says CDO Wales

Dental health experts say tooth decay in Welsh children remains too high despite a decrease in the number of five-year-olds with problems. The survey shows 41% of youngsters experienced dental decay in 2011-12, a decrease of 6% since 2007/08. But chief dental officer David Thomas said dental decay is "still too high".

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Another record month for GDPUK.com

GDPUK.com is proud to announce that during March 2013, this website had a further record month of readership and participation. GDPUK has more daily readers than any other UK dental medium.

Over 20,400 unique visitors during March made 74,000 visits in total, and created 2.194m pages on the site, which means about 70,000 pages per day created and read.

There were an average of 2,387 visitors per day through the month, and they created an average of 29.64 pages per visit. The peak day had more than 3,600 unique visitors. There were 4 days when more than 3,000 logged in and a further three days with more than 2,900 separate visitors. Even on Easter Sunday about 2,400 were on the site, creating almost 52,000 pages, whereas Good Friday had 3,063 and 73,000 pages.

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Direct access decision misguided, says BDA

Speaking for the British Dental Association, Dr Judith Husband, Chair Education, Ethics and the Dental Team Committee, has condemned the decision by the GDC to allow direct access to DCPs. She said: “This is a misguided decision that fails to consider best practice in essential continuity of care, patient choice and cost-effectiveness, and weakens team-working in dentistry which is demonstrated to be in patients’ best interests”.

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Heraeus sells dental business

The German precious metals firm Heraeus is selling its dental business as platinum group metals fall out of favour. The business group will be acquired by Mitsui, a listed chemicals group, which says it intends to retain all employees of the business.

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GDC votes for Direct Access

Meeting for the last time in its current council chamber, the General Dental Council (GDC) voted to allow some Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) to treat patients without prescription and without the patient having to see a dentist first. Direct access will be extended to:

• dental hygienists and dental therapists for their full scope of practice

• dental nurses undertaking public health initiatives

• orthodontic therapists carrying out IOTN screening

However direct access will not be extended to dental technicians or widened for clinical dental technicians.

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