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Published: Tuesday, 11 April 2023 07:43
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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In his fourth and final dip into the oral evidence presented to the Health & Social Care Committee’s Inquiry into NHS Dental Access, GDPUK’s Guy Tuggle reviews the final deliberations of Ian Brack, the Chief Executive and Registrar of the General Dental Council; Dr Abhi Pal, President of the College of General Dentistry; and Malcolm Smith, Chair of HEE’s Advancing Dental Care Review and Dental Education Reform Programme.
Read more: Oral Evidence To Commons Committee Pulls No Punches – Part Four
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Published: Thursday, 06 April 2023 07:50
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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In his third dip into the oral evidence presented to the Health & Social Care Committee’s Inquiry into NHS Dental Access, GDPUK’s Guy Tuggle reviews two of the more controversial topics proposed by witnesses Ian Brack, the Chief Executive and Registrar of the General Dental Council; Dr Abhi Pal, President of the College of General Dentistry; and Malcolm Smith, Chair of HEE’s Advancing Dental Care Review and Dental Education Reform Programme
Read more: “The Dental Nurse Will See You Now?” Oral Evidence To Commons Committee Pulls No Punches – Part...
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Published: Wednesday, 05 April 2023 09:58
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The recent BDIA Dental Showcase exhibition and conference at the ExCeL London is one of the big events in the UK dental calendar. The pandemic may have affected how the profession views such gatherings, and there have been comments that this meeting at the ExCeL centre felt smaller and had less trade representation than before.
Read more: CDO Spells Out Priorities in Keynote Address
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Published: Tuesday, 04 April 2023 07:45
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Neil O’Brien is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care, who seems to have been given the dental brief. His one man mission to make predecessor Maria Caulfield look a model of honesty and competence, shows no sign of abating.
Read more: Minister Brushes Aside Recruitment Issues - BUPA Action Contradicts
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Published: Monday, 03 April 2023 09:24
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, famously said that "the NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion" and when it comes to support for the NHS as an institution, public approval remains rock solid with over 90% of us confirming the importance we attach to the NHS being ’free at the point of use’ and over 80% agreeing that the NHS should be ’taxpayer funded and available to all’ (something NHS dentistry can scarcely claim).
Read more: Public Satisfaction With The NHS Plummets
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Published: Saturday, 01 April 2023 07:33
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The adoption of SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED) in UK dentistry has not run a smooth course. It may have been out of the dental headlines for a while, but the many dental teams who had hoped that it had been quietly abandoned will be alarmed by a new announcement.
Read more: SNOMED Enforcement In Dentistry To Commence
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Published: Thursday, 30 March 2023 09:50
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Written by Tony Jacobs
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A Westminster Council plaque commemorating the site of the the former Royal Dental Hospital, at 32 Leicester Square in the West End, was unveiled on Wednesday 29th March 2023.
Read more: Royal Dental Hospital, London, Gets Commemoration Plaque
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Published: Thursday, 30 March 2023 07:38
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The annual NASDAL benchmarking report is often held up as a health check on the profession’s financial well-being, and at first sight the latest report looks promising. But there are suggestions that the headline figures may not tell whole story. Despite this their latest figures were quoted by the Chief Dental Officer for England, Sara Hurley, in her presentation at the recent BDIA showcase.
Read more: “Not the whole story” - Survey Shows Rise in Dental Earnings
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Published: Wednesday, 29 March 2023 08:20
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The BDA and BUPA colleagues have now confirmed the rumour which had recently begun circulating, that BUPA are planning to dispose of 85 of their dental practices.
Read more: BUPA Drops a Bombshell
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