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Cost of compliance rockets 1086% in the last 10 years
The cost of compliance has jumped by a huge 1086% over the past decade, according to the latest research from…
Dentistry
Sticks and stones
Kevin Lewis reviews the latest ‘dental horror chronicles’ published in the media. Was it something we said, perhaps? Or is…
Dentistry
ARF reduction ‘is possible’, GDC told
The GDC’s reserves reached £16,869,000 by the end of 2015, equal to 4.5 months operating costs, according to its latest…
Dentistry
GDC to stop publishing addresses on its register
The General Dental Council (GDC) has decided to stop publishing registrants addresses on its online public register. The decision was…
Dentistry
Has the GDC turned a corner?
The GDC’s decision to stop publishing registrants addresses shows the GDC has turned a corner, Michael Watson says. It’s been a…
Dentistry
General Dental Council publishes its annual report for 2015
– The report gives details of the activities in 2015 and its aspirations for the year ahead as it seeks…
Dentistry
The sound of silence
The success of the CQC in dentistry is a story that has slipped under the radar, Kevin Lewis says. Time…
Dentistry
Jump in the number of dental professionals performing ‘too many’ UDAs
The number of individual dental professionals performing more than 18,000 UDAs in England and Wales has jumped over the past…
Dentistry
PSA looks into how the GDC has performed
Michael Watson takes a closer look at the PSA’s review into the GDC. Last Tuesday (5 July) the Professional Standards…
Dentistry
‘Forced apology’ guidance tying clinicians in knots
The British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) has questioned the validity of the newly released General Dental Council…
Oral health
NHS bursary for hygiene and therapy students to be stopped
The government has announced plans to stop dental hygiene and therapy students of an NHS bursary. Dental therapists, hygienists, nurses,…
Young Dentist
Michael Carroll steps down from the GDC
Michael Carroll has announced his resignation as council member and chair of the Finance and Performance Committee at the GDC.…
Dentistry
In dentistry’s defence
As John Makin becomes the new head of the DDU, Seb Evans talks to him about his role and the…
Dentistry
How Brexit might affect the provision of dentistry
Should Britain exit the EU? We spoke to a panel of profession leaders at Dentistry magazines’s Dental Politics: The Big…
Dentistry
GDC door is well and truly open
The new management team at the GDC should be given time, Michael Watson says. The Conference of Local Dental Committees…
Dentistry
GDC ‘Terminator’ gets new target in sights
Dental technicians will now require statutory indemnity, a move Luke Barnett doesn’t agree with.Just when I thought that they couldn’t…
Blog
GDC, stop the ‘witch hunt’
The new management team at the GDC needs to stop the ‘witch hunt’, Michael Watson says. It is now two…
Dentistry
How did Alistair Burt’s speech go at the BDA Conference?
Alistair Burt’s speech represents a new strategic approach to tackle oral health issues, Michael Watson says. When I arrived in Manchester, I…
Dentistry
Alistair Burt claims child extractions a ‘national scandal’
The number of children going to hospital for dental extractions is a ‘national scandal’, Health Minister, Alistair Burt MP has…
Dentistry