GDPUK has seen a report containing remarkable details of the procurement process for the University of Suffolk dental project.
For those concerned about how scarce funding has been allocated as well as the transparency of the ICB’s commissioning process, it makes for uncomfortable reading.
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One of the reasons politicians quit being MPs is in order ’to spend more time with their families’. Or so they tell us. Dentists quitting the NHS to work privately also cite ’time’ as a reason. Not ’more time to spend with their families’, their actions are more likely to be motivated by a desire to ’spend more time with their patients’.
Read more: YouGov Poll Reveals Quality of Care Compromised by Time Constraints
GDPUK readers are familiar with DIY dentistry stories, usually involving exodontia and pliers, sometimes with the addition of premedication from the off licence.
Nuffield Health surveyed 8000 adults for its 2023 Healthier Nation Index and the results reveal a startling proportion of female employees battling with mental health issues with women more impacted than men.
Read more: Work Affects Mental Health Of Half The Female Population
Within a month of leaving the role of Chief Dental Officer England, one of Sara Hurley’s dental projects has secured major funding.
Whilst few things are more miserable for a young child than being admitted to hospital for dental extractions more unbearable is having to live with excruciating toothache because of long waiting lists for the necessary extraction(s).
47 pages, 2 days of hearings, 80 written submissions, 11 MP’s, a support team of 11 administrators and staff, 12 live witnesses, and then what?
The GDC appears to be increasingly selective in it’s publication of Fitness to Practice (FTP) proceedings. The pattern appears to be that if a decision is overturned or the charges fail to be proved then details are removed or edited.
Smile Direct Club (SDC) has been a trail blazer in developing direct to consumer orthodontics. No strangers to controversy, they have pushed on using heavy marketing and a well-respected legal team.