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Sale or auction?
Are practice agents really taking into account what’s best for their clients or just trying to get the highest practice…
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Mick Armstrong labels homeless ‘no-hopers’ and ‘extremely time consuming’
Mick Armstrong, chair of the BDA’s PEC, has labelled homeless people ‘no-hopers’ and blames them for missing NHS targets. He…
Dentistry
‘Why I left the prototype programme’
Nigel Jones speaks to Joe Hendron about his recent withdrawal from the prototype programme and his thoughts on the future of…
Dentistry
What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… NHS dentists in…
Dentistry
NHS dentistry in meltdown
There are not enough people working on dentistry at the Department of Health and Social Care, Michael Watson says. Recently this site…
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New dental contract successfully reduces levels of tooth decay
A new dental contract in England has successfully helped to reduce levels of tooth decay in patients, the NHS claims. The…
Dentistry
NHS dentists in England to receive a 2% pay rise
The Government has announced a 2% uplift in pay for NHS dentists in England from October. This move comes after the…
Dentistry
NHS dentistry experiencing a recruitment crisis
Thousands of patients are unable to see an NHS dentist due to a recruitment crisis, the Daily Mail reports. Mydentist,…
Dentistry
Prescriptions to help stop smoking drop by 75% in England
Prescriptions for stop smoking aids have fallen in England by 75% over the last 12 years, new figures have shown. The…
Oral health
North Midlands receiving £2.25m cash injection into NHS dentistry
Patients in the north Midlands are set to benefit from a £2.25m cash injection into NHS dental services. There are…
Oral health
Matt Hancock announced as new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Matt Hancock will become the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care after Jeremy Hunt left the position. The British Dental…
Dentistry
What happens if…??
Do you have a plan if the catastrophic were to happen, Alun Rees questions. When my mother was widowed she wisely…
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What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… HPV vaccine to…
Dentistry
BDA challenges Jeremy Hunt to invest in prevention
The British Dental Association (BDA) has challenged Jeremy Hunt to put prevention at the heart of any NHS spending pledges.…
Dentistry
Free at the point of delivery
The NHS hasn’t been ‘free at the point of delivery’ since it was barely 15 months old, Michael Watson argues.…
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What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Government announces new…
Dentistry
Private healthcare data to be captured by NHS systems
Private healthcare data will soon be recorded in the same way as NHS data in England. That’s after the launch…
Private Practice
Where credit is due
Kevin Lewis compares the frustrations of UK rail commuters with NHS dental contract holders. Picture a world-weary commuter – probably…
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NHS England admits Capita failings are ‘unacceptable’
NHS England admits that Capita failings were ‘unacceptable’ and should not have happened, when questioned by MPs recently. Mismanagement by…
Dentistry