A north London dentist, suspended by the GDC, has been handed a hospital order under section 37 of the Mental Health Act as well as being handed a restraining order.
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According to stereotype, the British love to queue. Whether it is for bargains in the sales, tickets to centre court at Wimbledon, or to see a celebrity in the flesh, forming an orderly line is a national talent. It may say something about stoicism and a sense of fair play.
Q. What have XL bully dog concerns and the latest plan to fix the UK dental access crisis got in common?
A. Both issues show the dangers of shoddy and rushed legislation.
It is no secret that the GDC has problems with a high turnover of staff. Whistle-blowers have been poorly treated, and the Council’s rating on Glassdoor is hardly encouraging to would-be employees. Things may not be much better for the ‘Big Beasts’ of Wimpole Street, as yet another member of the Executive Team (ET) heads for the exit.
As Valentine’s Day has come and gone for another year, a leading indemnity company has issued a timely reminder to dental teams that they should not hesitate to call out what it calls ’inappropriate advances’ from patients.
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A dental innovation may play a key part in the fight to stop a popular sport being drastically curtailed on safety grounds.
While there has been a lull in “greedy dentist” stories, they are never far away. The incongruous spectacle of MP’s demanding that dental graduates work in the NHS has not discouraged at least one health minister from a particularly questionable bolstering of their own remuneration.
The government is embarking on a three months ’public consultation’ the outcome of which could see foreign dentists given the green light to work in the UK without having to first sit onerous exams.
Read more: Foreign Dentists Could Be Fast-Tracked Into Practice
The former CDO England was fond of catchphrases, and ‘putting the mouth back into the body’ was a telling example. Now a study at Loughborough University has focussed on how dental teams might influence what passes through the mouth and into the body.