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Published: Monday, 26 January 2015 07:43
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The General Dental Council (GDC), has launched a recruitment campaign to appoint a dental professional Council member. This is to replace Jason Stokes, who resigned last year, but his replacement need to be a dentist, but could be a DCP. Council members are required to attend on 36 days per year and remuneration is £15,000 per annum. Application can now be made online through the GDC website.
Read more: GDC seeks new dental professional member
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Published: Thursday, 22 January 2015 07:50
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In a letter from Evlynne Gilvarry Chief Executive of the General Dental Council (GDC) to Peter Ward Chief Executive of the British Dental Association (BDA) she acknowledges that ‘there was a procedural error in the ARF level consultation’. But she says they ‘will use the additional funds to forge (sic) further improvements in our performance.’ She ends by looking forward ‘to working with you and your colleagues constructively’ in 2015.
Read more: GDC remains defiant over JR
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Published: Wednesday, 21 January 2015 07:35
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A Bedford dentist has been erased by the General Dental Council (GDC) following a public hearing into allegations of misconduct. The allegations against Abiodun Olayinka Bamgbelu included sending numerous emails and letters to three members of staff at the GDC that were abusive/emotionally abusive, and/or offensive and/or threatening and using similar behaviour towards staff at the Oxford Deanery.
Read more: Dentist shown red card over offensive emails
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Published: Tuesday, 20 January 2015 07:30
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Mick Armstrong has been re-elected as Chairman of the BDA’s Principal Executive Committee (PEC). He said: “This last year has seen our profession take a stand. We’ve united to defend the pay and conditions of the next generation of dentists. We proved that our inefficient and ineffective regulator acted unlawfully. In 2015 I know we must do more.”
Read more: Mick Armstrong re-elected as chairman
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Published: Sunday, 18 January 2015 23:59
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Which? has launched a new campaign: Clean Up Dental Costs. They have found that people could be paying more than they need to, because some dentists aren’t upfront about prices or clear about what treatment patients are entitled to on the NHS. Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd, said: “We are calling on the NHS and the regulators to clean up dental costs and make sure the existing rules are put into practice consistently.”
Read more: Which? campaign: Action needed to clean up dental costs
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Published: Thursday, 15 January 2015 21:32
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The Department of Health (DH) has announced details of two prototypes to be tested over the next two years; if successful they will be rolled out in 2017/18. Two types will be tested, all of which contain payments for quality, capitation and activity, but with different proportions of each element.
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Read more: Prototypes announced but will they fly?
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Published: Thursday, 15 January 2015 07:33
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has called on the Chair of the Commons Health Select Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, to institute an inquiry into the General Dental Council (GDC). Meanwhile Health Minister, Dr Dan Poulter, said he takes ‘a keen interest in the performance of the professional regulators’ and has raised the matter of the GDC’s performance with them.
Read more: GDC failings move to Parliament
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Published: Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:53
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Action is needed to improve children’s oral health after almost 26,000 children were admitted to hospital last year for tooth extractions, the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons has warned. The number of children who did not see an NHS dentist in England was double that of Scotland, it reported. The Dean, Professor Nigel Hunt, said: “It is unacceptable that so many children are being hospitalised from tooth decay when the disease is preventable.”
Read more: Action needed on children’s oral health says RCS
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