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North and south oral health divide revealed
A new report has revealed the stark difference between the oral health of children in the north and south of England.…
Oral health
More children admitted to hospital for tooth decay than broken arms
More children under 10 are admitted to hospital as a result of tooth decay than those needing care for broken…
Oral health
CQC finds dentistry to be offering low risk, high quality care
The latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) State of Care report has found that 88% of dental practices are meeting regulations. The report found 111…
Dentistry
Quota of NHS dental treatments
The 2006 dental contract removes any incentive to take on new patients, Michael Watson says. The departing medical director of…
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GDC appoints clinical dental advisers to FtP team
The GDC has appointed four new clinical dental advisers and a senior dental adviser to join its fitness to practise…
Dentistry
Dentistry fifty years on…
Michael Watson reminisces about how dentistry has changed in the 50 years since the BDA has moved to Wimpole Street. Having…
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World facing a ‘post-antibiotic apocalypse’
The world is facing a ‘post-antibiotic apocalypse’, Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer (CMO) for England, has warned. That’s unless…
Dentistry
Lies, damn lies and statistics
Michael Watson questions whether the recent BDA statistics about young dentists leaving the profession will have any effect. When you…
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Department of Health must save the dental indemnity ‘crisis’
The Department of Health (DH) must step in and save the ‘crisis’ over dental indemnity fees, the BDA says. DH has recently announced the…
Dentistry
GDC keeps its ARF the most expensive of all UK health regulators
The General Dental Council (GDC) has chosen to keep the annual retention fee (ARF) unchanged, at £890 for dentists. The…
Dentistry
Sixty per cent of dentists looking to leave NHS dentistry
Sixty per cent of UK dentists are planning on moving away from NHS dentistry in the next five years. That’s…
Dentistry
Starting Well programme launched in England
Starting Well, a new innovative programme to ensure children receive better dental advice, has been launched by the Government. The…
Oral health
The missing 50%
The Department of Health should be a little more bothered about the missing 50% of patients who can’t get access…
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Starting Well programme blasted by dental leaders
Starting Well, an unfunded programme to tackle children’s tooth decay, has been launched in Manchester. The programme aims to ensure…
Oral health
Come fly with me
The current way of remunerating dentists means NHS dentistry isn’t reaching the population that mosts needs dental care. Imagine, if you…
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NHS dentists’ earnings drop by 35% in the last decade
NHS dentists’ taxable income has dropped by 35% in real terms since 2006, according to new figures from NHS Digital.…
Dentistry
NHS dental practices not accepting new patients
Almost half of NHS dental practices aren’t accepting new adult patients and only three-fifths are accepting new child patients. That’s…
Dentistry
JCVI using flawed evidence to reject HPV vaccinations
The BDA has accused the JCVI of using flawed modelling as a basis to reject HPV vaccinations in all children.…
Dentistry
How long will the NHS ‘national disgrace’ continue?
How long will dentists be able to continue ‘choosing’ which patients they see, Michael Watson questions. The headline figures, published by…
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