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Published: Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:13
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Lilian Lindsay, the first woman dentist to qualify in Britain and the first female BDA President, has been honoured with the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque at her childhood home. The plaque, which has been erected as part of the well-known scheme run by English Heritage, is in Islington at where she lived from 1872–1892. It was unveiled on 17 April 2013.
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Published: Wednesday, 24 April 2013 19:43
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Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 12:40
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Dr Barry McGonigle, a General Dental Practitioner from Omagh, Northern Ireland, will this week assume the Presidency of the British Dental Association (BDA). He will officially take up his position as the BDA’s 127th President in a ceremony at the Association’s annual British Dental Conference and Exhibition on 25 April, succeeding current President Dr Frank Holloway.
Read more: Northern Ireland GDP Barry McGonigle to become BDA President
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Published: Monday, 22 April 2013 07:25
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Dental Buying Group have announced that it has been acquired by Carlyle Group and Palamon Capital Partners. DBG will continue to operate as an independent company outside of the other investments that Carlyle / Palamon are managing and the company says members will see no changes to their dbg team who will continue to provide ‘an exceptional service’.
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Published: Sunday, 21 April 2013 08:31
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The Scottish LDC Conference today passed a motion, at the third year of asking,
for Scotland to have its' own Dental Council or registration body. The motion was
proposed with gusto by Robert Sweeney, a member of the Conference's Agenda Committee.
Stirling, 19th April 2013.
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Published: Saturday, 20 April 2013 11:44
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Following the success of the 2012 Practice Managers Conference, BoD are excited to announce that by popular demand, the Conference is back; but not back with just one conference in one location; this year sees them return to two locations with two spectacular venues. |
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Published: Friday, 19 April 2013 09:06
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Inspectors have uncovered a huge drop in the standard of dental care provided in Scotland’s Grampian health board, despite a government drive to improve services. New figures show the number of “completely unsatisfactory” cases at NHS Grampian rose from about one in 100 in 2010 to only one in six last year.
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Published: Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:35
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Eric Rooney, Consultant in Dental Public Health, has commented on the ‘huge rise’ in hospital admissions because of dental problems has been reported in Cumbria. The number of adults and children being admitted to hospital with bad teeth there has risen by almost 25 per cent. Figures released show that there were 764 admissions to hospital in 2010/2011. During the same period in the following 12 months, the figure had risen by 23%.
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Published: Tuesday, 16 April 2013 11:07
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The General Dental Council (GDC) is reported as having not approved courses for the proposed Leicester Dental Teaching Academy, although the University of Buckingham has accredited the £176,000 five-year course. Plans to open the Academy in September have been put on hold until further notice.
Read more: Private dental school cannot start courses
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