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Is it even possible for dentists to strike?
Realistically, dentists should come to a consensus over how to provide a good service rather than voting to go on…
Dentistry
NHS Contract’s impact on patients tops dentists’ fears
The NHS Contract will impact patients’ ability to get the services they need, is the top concern for most dentists.…
Dentistry
Her Majesty The Queen to attend official opening of dental hospital
Her Majesty The Queen will be officially opening Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry Thursday 19 November. Accompanied by…
Dentistry
Calls for strike action from the dental profession
Prominent members of the dental profession should know better than to call for strikes, Michael Watson says. In a couple…
Dentistry
DDRB starts examination over dentists’ pay
Michael Watson discusses the complications the DDRB, the BDA and the Department of Health will face when examining dentists’ pay.…
Dentistry
‘Consider yourself as one’ Sara Hurley, CDO for England, tells dental profession
Distinctive roles within a dental team need to be overlooked if dentistry is to meet the oral health needs of…
Oral health
Using the In Practice Prevention programme to improve oral health
The creation of the In Practice Prevention programme is encouraging, Michael Watson says. News from Ireland last week that 10,000…
Dentistry
The NHS conundrum
Nigel Jones reflects on the last few months and discusses the conundrum of NHS dentistry in England. In the wake…
Dentistry
Junior dentists balloted on industrial action
Junior hospital dentists in England are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over NHS contracts that will…
Young Dentist
Growing number of dentists wouldn’t recommend dentistry
Half of dentists wouldn’t recommend going into dentistry to their friends and family, a new survey has found. The survey,…
Dentistry
Dental practice sales remain stable
Dental practice sales have remained stable over the last quarter, according to the latest figures from NASDAL. The National Association…
Dentistry
Kevin rides again
The ever-growing legislation involved within dentistry is creating a crisis within the profession, Kevin Lewis believes. No, not this Kevin…
Dentistry
Children’s decay a ‘postcode lottery’
Children’s tooth decay is a ‘postcode lottery’, a new report has found, and therapists are calling for a health summit…
Oral health
Brighton and Hove launches voluntary sugar tax
Brighton and Hove has launched a voluntary sugar tax, becoming the first British city to do so. The council has…
Dentistry
NHS England needs to fund preventive programmes
Michael Watson reviews some of the talks held at the BADT in Birmingham. Last week I visited the British Association of…
Dentistry
Birmingham dental hospital opening delayed by four months
The opening of Birmingham’s new state-of-the-art dental school and hospital is set to be delayed by four months. It was…
Young Dentist
Fraud could be costing NHS England more than £5bn a year
NHS England could be losing around £5bn every year due to fraud, a new report suggests. The report looked into…
Dentistry
Michael Watson calls for a ‘rubber windmill’ exercise to test the prototype contracts
Is it time for another ‘rubber windmill’ exercise, this time to test the prototype contracts to destruction, Michael Watson asks.…
Dentistry
Seven-day NHS debate
A seven-day-a-week NHS should not be introduced just to help people with ‘busy lives’, a senior Conservative MP told ministers.…
Dentistry