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NHS dental contract – what are the problems?
Michael Watson highlights the weaknesses with the current NHS dental contract. I shall be at the BDA Conference in Manchester this…
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Should we learn to live with UDAs?
Maybe we should stop waiting for a new dental contract and live with UDAs, Michael Watson suggests. Just over 65…
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Will a new dental contract deliver preventive dentistry?
Fresh thinking is needed to provide children with preventive dentistry, Michael Watson says. Forty years ago, a professional lifetime for…
Dentistry
Northern Ireland dentists vote to accept new dental contract
Community dentists in Northern Ireland have voted to accept a new dental contract that will see wages rise 4.4%. In…
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Dental contracts in the Chancellor’s sights
Are NHS dental contracts being considered the same as other corporate contracts the Government issues, Michael Watson questions. Now dentists seem to be…
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Prototypes ‘unambitious’ and ‘unacceptable’
Professor Jimmy Steele’s comments, highlighting the gulf between his vision for contract reform, and the prototypes, have been welcomed. A…
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Eddie Crouch responds to the ‘seismic shift’ in prototype contracts
Eddie Crouch responds to Lord Howe’s latest claims of a ‘seismic shift‘ in NHS dentistry. You can tell when there…
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Michael Watson reviews the dental contract rise of 1.34%
Last week, whilst the profession and the dental press were busy listening to and digesting the General Dental Council’s appearance…
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A closer look at the prototype contracts
What will dentists think of the prototype contracts announced last week? Those who wanted to see the back of the…
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The new dental contract prototypes explained
The long awaited proposals for dental contract prototypes have now been released by the Department of Health. It was at…
Dentistry
Next stage of the dental contract reform published
The Department of Health has published the next stage of the dental contract reform today and opened an expression of interest…
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NHS contracts and considering your options
Josie Hutchings contemplates the progression of the new NHS contracts and the options a dental practitioner could consider in the…
Dentistry
Dental contract progress ‘frustratingly slow’
Progress towards a new dental contract is ‘frustratingly slow’, a health minister has admitted. Dan Poulter owned up to disappointment within…
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Early findings from the dental contract reform engagement exercise
The Department of Health conducted a dental contract reform engagement exercise this summer to test elements of a registration and capitation model…
Dentistry
The search for a new dental contract
Michael Watson explains how the current dental contract could be made to work, and why it currently isn’t. Long before Harry…
Dentistry
LDCs create alternative dental contract
Dentistry reports on an exercise pitting prototype dental contracts against ACRs. There is a strong rumour the new prototype reformed…
Dentistry
The case for contract reform is now ‘irresistible’ according to the GDPC
The British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC) met recently (10 October 2014) to debate changing the General Dental Practitioner…
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Competitive business procurement and how to win an NHS dental contract
Having been awarded a seven figure dental contract last year following a procurement, Jeff Sherer gives some insight into the world…
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Michael Watson reports on the latest from the NHS dental contract
It is now six months since health minister, Lord Howe, speaking at the BDA Conference outlined a timetable for reform.…
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