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Published: Monday, 18 July 2016 07:47
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Children in North Manchester are facing waits of up to a year for tooth extractions, because of a severe shortage of children’s nurses. Pennine Acute hospital trust, which covers one of the worst areas in the country for child tooth decay, has a backlog of at least 300 cases. Local dentists say that they have been asked not to add any more children to the waiting list.
Read more: Long waits for GA blamed on shortage of children’s nurses
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Published: Monday, 18 July 2016 07:46
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Dentists attending the Local Dental Committees’ annual conference in Manchester (9-10 June) will call on the government to get to grips with its failure to stem the crisis in child tooth decay, as new figures show that in 2014–15 over 179,00 teeth were removed in children aged nine and under in dental practices across England. Although the Department of Health has recently announced details of 10 pilot preventive programmes in England, the BDA is concerned that there is no dedicated funding.
Read more: BDA calls on Government to tackle child tooth decay crisis
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Published: Sunday, 17 July 2016 16:26
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As part of Prime Minister Theresa May’s reshuffle three ministers have left the Department of Health, Alistair Burt MP responsible for GDS dentistry to backbenches, Jane Ellison MP (Public Health) to the Treasury and Ben Gummer MP (GDC) to the Cabinet Office. Philip Dunne (MP for Ludlow), Nicola Blackwood (MP for Oxford West and Abingdon) and David Mowat (MP for Warrington South) join the Department.
Read more: Reshuffle – three ministers moved from Health
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Published: Friday, 15 July 2016 08:51
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The fight against child obesity has been left in the hands of food companies in a watering down of ministers’ promises after lobbying by the industry, according to a report in The Times, which claims to have seen a draft of the strategy. Manufacturers will not be forced to make products healthier and no concrete measures to curb marketing of unhealthy products have been included.
Read more: Sugar strategy watered down – report
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Published: Thursday, 14 July 2016 07:35
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The average goodwill valuation for practices saw another leap to 124% of goodwill. This is up almost 13% compared with the autumn of 2015 and 12% up on the summer of 2014. NHS practices are attracting an average valuation of 142% of goodwill with mixed practices perceived as even more valuable at 155% of goodwill.
Read more: Practice valuations on the rise again
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Published: Wednesday, 13 July 2016 07:42
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A host of children benefiting from an oral health programme take centre stage
in a film all about how they are part of a highly successful in-school tooth care
scheme. Teeth Team has produced a film all about its child oral health improvement
programme facilitated by local dental practices in areas of severe social deprivation
in Hull and East Yorkshire.
Read more: Children take centre stage in new Teeth Team film
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Published: Tuesday, 12 July 2016 07:41
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A report by The King’s Fund has called on politicians to be honest with the public about what the NHS can realistically achieve within its budget. Senior policy adviser Helen McKenna said: “It is no longer credible to argue that the NHS can continue to meet increasing demand for services, deliver current standards of care and stay within budget.”
Read more: King's Fund urges Government to be ‘honest’ over NHS
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Published: Monday, 11 July 2016 07:44
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Bradford South MP Judith Cummins has campaigned on the issue of the state of dental health in West Yorkshire and raised the problem at Prime Minister’s Questions in January. She has welcomed NHS England and the West Yorkshire Local Dental Network’s plans to make it easier to see an NHS dentist in the south and centre of Bradford and North Kirklees.
Read more: Bradford MP welcomes new dental initiative
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Published: Monday, 11 July 2016 07:43
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Dentists should provide residents in care homes with preventive help and treatment as necessary, in line with local arrangements. This is the latest guidance from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which also says that care home staff need to take teeth more seriously and help residents to brush twice a day. Dentists should also ensure dentures made for individual residents are appropriately marked by the lab during manufacture.
Read more: NICE issues guidance on oral health in care homes
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