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Published: Thursday, 21 April 2016 07:40
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Lloyds Bank has published its Healthcare Confidence Index which gives insight from primary healthcare professionals. It shows that dentists continue to lead the way in terms of optimism, perhaps reflecting the fact that their sector benefits from more non-NHS income. However, there is a continued concern about long-term funding of the NHS dental contract with 81% revealing doubts. With over a third (37%) of dentists now wanting more private work, the Index suggests the trend towards becoming privately funded will continue.
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Published: Wednesday, 20 April 2016 07:31
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The BDA has called on the next Assembly Government to tackle the oral health epidemic in Wales, with calls to cut NHS dental charges and use the proceeds of the new sugar levy invest in preventive care for children in disadvantaged communities. In a five point plan for better oral health launched recently, BDA Wales has outlined how the next government could turn around the nation’s poor history on oral health.
Read more: BDA calls for lower dental charges in Wales
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Published: Tuesday, 19 April 2016 07:42
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After lobbying by Dental Protection, dentists infected with bloodborne viruses to perform more procedures. They are pleased to see Public Health England’s new guidance for healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses, which will enable affected members of the dental team to perform a wider range of non-exposure prone procedures.
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Published: Monday, 18 April 2016 07:36
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Mixed and NHS Practice values continue to soar and the goodwill bubble certainly shows no sign of bursting at present as reported in the latest NASDAL (The National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) goodwill survey. Practice sales as a percentage of goodwill continue to increase – particularly in the NHS and Mixed sectors.
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Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 18:00
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has given in to pressure from the profession and decided it will no longer include full addresses on its public register of dentists and dental care professionals. The registration number would be used as the primary method of identification and to confirm professional status. The BDA is pleased that the GDC has today agreed to end its policy of publishing registrants’ addresses online.
Read more: GDC relents on publishing registrant addresses
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Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 14:59
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The case of Northern Ireland dentist, Colin Howell, and the murders he committed will be told in a four-part drama, The Secret, first episode to be screened on Friday 29th April by ITV. Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt plays Colin Howell, a respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher, Hazel Buchanan, who is played by Genevieve O’Reilly.
Read more: The Secret: ITV to show four-part drama on Howell murders
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Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 07:41
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Over half of all patients who visited their GP with a dental problem in the last 10 years were not offered a long-term treatment for their pain and were instead prescribed antibiotics, often unnecessarily, new research has found. The study found many patients are visiting their GP rather than their dentist, and that over half of these consultations resulted in antibiotic prescribing, which is likely to be unhelpful, and potentially harmful.
Read more: Too many GPs prescribing unnecessary antibiotics for toothache
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Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 07:40
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The General Dental Council (GDC), which is committed to ensuring that only dental professionals who demonstrate the necessary knowledge of the English language are able to treat patients in the UK, has given details of how their new powers will allow them to check the English language proficiency of dentists and dental care professionals applying to the register. These new powers come into force on 1 April 2016 and apply to all dentists and DCPs - including those from the European Economic Area (EAA).
Read more: GDC publishes English language guidance
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Published: Tuesday, 12 April 2016 07:46
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With the time of the year approaching when NHS practice owning dentists must complete the pension annual reconciliation return (ARR), Alan Suggett, Dental Business Unit Partner from UNW accountants and regular on GDPUK warns that many, perhaps most, practice owners are calculating their associate’s pay incorrectly, and too low. The problem is, Alan says, that many principals think they understand how the calculation works – but in fact they don’t.
Read more: You’re doing it wrong says Alan Suggett
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