Dentistry at King’s has again been ranked first in the UK, and has risen to fourth in the world, in the 2016 QS World University Rankings. Also in the top 50, UCL London came 6th, Birmingham 19th, Manchester 24th, Newcastle 32nd and Bristol 38th. . Top in the world rankings was Hong Kong, 2nd Michigan USA and 3rd Tokyo, Japan.
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The British Dental Industry Association (BDIA) has appointed Edmund Proffitt, currently their Policy and Public Affairs Director, as the new Chief Executive, from 10th April. He takes over from Tony Reed, who has been responsible for running the Association for over 20 years.
Announcing a ‘Shocking 24% increase in tooth extractions performed on children aged 0-4 in last decade’ Faculty Dean, Professor Nigel Hunt, said: “We’d like to see a significant proportion of the money raised through the Government’s sugar levy spent on oral health education.”.
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It has been announced that Crispian Scully has died at the age of 71. He was Emeritus Professor of Special Needs Dentistry and for many years was of Dean of the Eastman Dental Institute in London (1993-2008), gaining the Queen’s Award for Higher and Further Education in 2002/2003 - the first in dentistry. Among many awards he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
NHS England has announced that it has promised help for GPs ‘struggling to cope’ with the rising cost of indemnity payments so that they can offer greater access for patients. The first payments from the GP Indemnity Support Scheme are set to be paid to GP practices to further offset average indemnity inflation. No such scheme has been offered to GDPs.
Three MPs asked questions last week Imran Hussain (Lab) Bradford East asked about dental funding and the prototypes. Steve McCabe (Lab) Birmingham Selly Oak continued his probe of ministers on numbers attending for treatment. Finally, Roger Godsiff (Lab) asked about the performance of Capita.
Increases in patients’ charges from April 1, 2017, which were announced last year, have been confirmed to both the House of Commons and Welsh Assembly. They take Band 1 to £20.60, Band 2 to £56.30 and Band 3 to £244.30. BDA Wales has condemned the increase as 'without justification'.
Simplyhealth (formerly Denplan) has announced that it is investing £137,000 for Teeth Team the child oral health improvement programme, based in Hull. Chris Groombridge, chair of trustees for Teeth Team, said, “We are absolutely delighted to receive this momentous support and investment from Simplyhealth to our charity.
The Greater Manchester Mayoral race is on and the BDA has called on all candidates to pledge to tackle the city region’s status at the bottom of the national league table for oral health. Official statistics show a child in Greater Manchester is 60% more likely to end up having to be admitted to hospital to have multiple decayed teeth extracted under general anaesthesia than an average child in England.
Read more: BDA calls on next Manchester mayor to tackle child tooth decay costs