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Published: Wednesday, 15 November 2023 10:10
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) has written to new Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, Victoria Atkins. As an organisation whose mission is the improvement of the oral health of children and young people, BSPD has a history of campaigning for, and implementing, improvements in children’s oral health in the UK.
Read more: Sugar Awareness Week: Unfortunate Timing for the New Health Secretary
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Published: Tuesday, 14 November 2023 16:21
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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The Rt Hon Dame Andrea Leadsom DBE MP has been announced as the new Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care.
Read more: Dame Andrea Leadsom Takes On Dentistry Role
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Published: Tuesday, 14 November 2023 08:16
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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Yesterday started with the news that Rishi Sunak had finally decided to dispense with the services of his Home Secretary, Suella Braverman. Then came that ’WTF?’ announcement that David Cameron, in a deal brokered by another former Tory leader, Lord Hague, was returning to Cabinet as Foreign Secretary. It was pure theatre.
Read more: It's 'All Change Again' at The Department Of Health
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Published: Monday, 13 November 2023 09:57
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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There’s been a two-thirds increase in the number of complaints about dentistry made to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO). Figures released by England’s Health Ombudsman confirm a 66% increase in the number of complaints received, up from 1,193 in 2017/18 to 1,982 in 2022/23.
Read more: Eddie Crouch Defends Profession As Complaints Rise 66%
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Published: Friday, 10 November 2023 10:47
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Many GDPs and their teams are too busy to spend long looking upstream at the businesses that supply them with the equipment and materials that they rely on. The colossal size of many of these companies compared to a typical practice can make them seem remote, but they depend on those same practices to stay in business.
Read more: Dental Business is Big Business
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Published: Wednesday, 08 November 2023 14:28
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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The revelation that diagnoses of oral cancers are rising as access to an NHS dentist slides will come as no surprise to dental professionals.
Read more: Mouth Cancer Surges As NHS Access Dwindles
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Published: Wednesday, 08 November 2023 09:35
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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NHS England used its weekly ’Dentistry and Oral Health Update’ bulletin to announce the appointment of two new Deputy Chief Dental Officers for England.
Read more: NHSE Appoints Two Deputy Chief Dental Officers
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Published: Tuesday, 07 November 2023 08:15
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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Environmental, or ’green’ issues, are seldom far from the news headlines. Whether it’s Uxbridge electors rejecting the London Mayor’s controversial ’ULEZ’ scheme or campaigners blaming ’global warming’ caused by human behaviour for droughts and floods, there’s no escaping the messaging.
Read more: Greener Dentistry Recognised At FDI World Dental Congress
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Published: Monday, 06 November 2023 07:50
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Written by Peter Ingle
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These are not GDPUK’s words, but those of the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers (NASDAL), who state that “Goodwill values are on the slide” with figures to support their claim.
Read more: Practice Goodwill Values "on the slide"
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