The BDA has issued a statement (14th June) cautioning the profession that any announcements on dental contract reform made before the Parliamentary summer recess were likely to be ‘only modest, marginal changes to the current discredited target-based NHS dental contract.’
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As petrol prices climb towards £2 a litre and domestic energy bills become eye wateringly expensive, many practice owners and private Associates are nervously pondering how the cost-of-living crisis will impact on their practices and personal earnings.
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A call for the dental profession to ‘walk away’ if NHS England doesn’t commit to abandoning the UDA as a measure of dental activity, has been rejected by delegates at the Local Dental Committee Annual Conference.
If the Government doesn’t invest significant funds in NHS dentistry, the only way to run a satisfactory NHS dental system would be to adopt a core service, the Annual Local Dental Conference has been told.
The rush back to the Government’s definition of ‘normality’ in NHS dentistry has been driven by the Treasury, the Local Dental Committee National Conference was told on Friday.
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There is a strong connection between MP’s recently revived interest in dentistry, and the increasing number of complaints about access problems they are receiving in their in-boxes and surgeries.
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Dental teams are in the ideal position to identify and act on early signs of eating disorders, the Oral Health Foundation has said.
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Practice inboxes have filled up with a variety of official emails recently. Dental teams have become used to multiple announcements, from leaders such as the CDO and national NHS management.