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Published: Thursday, 12 November 2020 10:23
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Answering questions in the House of Lords, junior health minister, Lord Bethell said the challenge presented to the dental profession by Covid is severe. The Government is ‘grateful’ for the hard work of 10,000 NHS and private practices in introducing PPE and infection-control arrangements to keep patients and staff safe, and to the 600 urgent care centres that are providing services for the most severe cases.
Read more: Government minister quizzed on dentistry
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Published: Wednesday, 11 November 2020 07:51
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Helen Rumbelow, writing in The Times, has investigated the possible use of an iodine mouthwash as a way of combatting Covid-19. She interviewed Professor Stephen Challacombe who told her “I have no doubt that this should be used and had it been, it would have saved lives.” But questions have been raised about how significant its use would be.
Read more: Controversy over possible use of iodine mouthwash in fight against Covid
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Published: Tuesday, 10 November 2020 10:09
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British dentistry is facing an impending recruitment “crisis”, according to a recent article in the Financial Times. The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has told MPs that uncertainty over the UK’s new immigration system and the long-term validity of European Economic Area (EEA) qualifications after Brexit, coupled with a backlog of up to 15m missed dental appointments caused by the coronavirus crisis, was creating a “perfect storm” in some areas of the UK.
Read more: Association of Dental Groups warns of looming recruitment crisis in UK
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Published: Monday, 09 November 2020 08:22
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Scotland’s chief dental officer, Tom Ferris, has been reported by The Scotsman newspaper as saying that people in need of dental treatment should not be put in the “invidious position” of being forced to pay for private treatment because of a backlog of NHS appointments due to the coronavirus shutdown. He was speaking on the BBC radio show Call Kaye,
Read more: Scotland's CDO says patients shouldn't be ‘forced’ into private treatment
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Published: Friday, 06 November 2020 09:28
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has increased support to businesses with a five-month extension of the furlough scheme into Spring 2021 and increased self-employed support for millions more workers through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), which will be increased.
Read more: Chancellor announces support measures until March 31
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Published: Thursday, 05 November 2020 10:43
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The Independent.ie reports that dentists are leaving an Irish Government-funded scheme ‘in their droves’ as they struggle to cope in the midst of the pandemic. New figures show that more than 260 dentists have dropped out of the scheme, that provides dental services to medical card holders, since the start of this year. About 200,000 people are now facing delays for treatment.
Read more: Dentists in Ireland are leaving the Government-funded scheme ‘in their droves’
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Published: Wednesday, 04 November 2020 10:53
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New cases of oral cancer in the UK have risen to a record high, according to the findings of a new report. Figures collected by the Oral Health Foundation show that 8,722 people in the UK were diagnosed with the disease last year, increasing by 97% since 2000. Such cases in the UK have soared for the 11th year in a row and have more than doubled within the last generation.
Read more: UK mouth cancer cases reach record high - Action Month starts
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Published: Tuesday, 03 November 2020 08:47
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CDO (England) has confirmed that the advice given by GDPUK on dentistry following the Prime Minister’s announcement of further restrictions was correct. Sara Hurley confirmed that ‘practices should remain open to treat patients in line with the standard operating procedure and with regard to the recently updated national infection prevention control dental appendix.’
Read more: COVID-19: CDO (England) update on dentistry in new lockdown
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Published: Sunday, 01 November 2020 10:27
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The Prime Minister has announced that, from midnight Thursday November 5, England will go into a nationwide lockdown until Wednesday December 2. Guidance has been issued from Gov.uk, which indicates that people will be allowed and encouraged to leave home for medical appointments and dental practices are not on the list of businesses that must close.
Read more: COVID-19: Update: Dental practices should remain open during new English lockdown
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