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Published: Thursday, 17 December 2020 11:43
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The government’s move to impose new targets in England will pull the life support away from NHS dentistry and undermine patient care, argues Dave Cottam, GDPC Chair. He says: “Today we have refused to sign up to a deal which will see practices face steep financial penalties if they are unable to hit 45% of their pre-pandemic UDA targets. The government has decided to press ahead with a target that will ‘threaten practice viability and undermine patient care’.
Read more: New UDA targets to be imposed in England from January
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Published: Thursday, 17 December 2020 07:43
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Dentists and their teams in NHS, private or mixed practice will be part of a priority group of healthcare workers to receive the COVID vaccination. Starting in hospitals the programme has been rolled out to GPs. The BDA has notified that all primary care contractors in England will be contacted by the NHS this week regarding lateral flow antigen testing kits for staff.
Read more: Dental teams a priority for COVID vaccination and more testing
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Published: Thursday, 10 December 2020 10:01
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CDO England has told practices that access to dentistry is ‘steadily increasing’, but he clinical priority remains the provision of urgent dental care. The BDA has published a report on LDC Officials Day where presentations took place on discussions that the GDPC has had with officials.
Read more: COVID-19: Update on NHS dentistry and the pandemic
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Published: Thursday, 10 December 2020 09:38
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Fire has broken out at Kings College Hospital’s School of Dentistry on Denmark Hill, reports the Wandsworth Times. Plumes of smoke from the dentistry school building at the hospital could be seen from a distance over the roofs of nearby houses. London Fire Brigade has identified the source of the fire at a ducting at the top of the roof.
Read more: Fire breaks out at Kings College Dental School in London
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Published: Wednesday, 09 December 2020 07:34
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The British Association of Private Dentistry continues to raise awareness of the plight felt across our industry, particularly within the laboratory sector. This week, ceramist and BAPD member Phil Reddington, updates the dentists. He paints a dire picture of the state of dental technology being ‘more volatile than I have known it to be at any time in my 30 plus years in the trade.’
Read more: Dental technology in crisis: BAPD
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Published: Tuesday, 08 December 2020 08:56
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Reports have recently emerged of some patients losing teeth after contracting the virus - with one woman from New York recounting how a tooth fell out of her mouth without any blood or pain. But dental experts have suggested that a more likely explanation for sudden tooth loss is illness hindering people’s rigorousness in oral hygiene.
Read more: Tooth loss Covid link disputed
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Published: Tuesday, 08 December 2020 08:55
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With negotiations on a deal with the EU on the terms of our future relationship in the balance, the General Dental Council has issued information to dental professionals about changes to the process of GDC registration that occur as a result, of the UK’s formal exit and the end of the transition period on December 31st.
Read more: GDC issues advice for dental professionals on Brexit
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