Dentists in Scotland have been given just one working day to implement the delivery of free NHS dental care to 18-25 year-olds.
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NHS dentists in general practice have effectively endured a 40% cut in earnings over the last decade.
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A new report by Greater Manchester Healthwatch has highlighted that there’s been a ‘huge increase’ in the number of patients struggling to find NHS dentists in the city.
A new report from the General Dental Council has shown another large drop in the number of dental nurses on the dental register.
Students who have won places to study dentistry are being offered £10,000 to transfer to different universities that haven’t been oversubscribed.
A shocking survey shows that more than half of general medical practitioners have faced verbal abuse from patients, or those accompanying them, in the past month.
A new study has shown a stark disparity in the distribution of dental specialists in the UK.
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A specialist barrister has said that while “It is likely that a substantial number of cases will follow” in the wake of the Raj Rattan ‘vicarious liability’ case, the court’s examination of the NHS GDS contract may “Not be relevant to private dental work.”
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The UK Government’s decision to take on responsibility for the funding and implementation of water fluoridation, appears to have been justified with the publication of an important new study.