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Have your say in the next NHS Confidence Monitor
The second NHS Confidence Monitor is now open for dentists to take part and share their views. The NHS Confidence…
Dentistry
Monitoring NHS dentistry
Following the release of the NHS Confidence Monitor – an independent survey commissioned by Practice Plan to monitor the profession’s…
Dentistry
Burt announced as new dentistry minister
MPs will come face-to-face with the dentistry minister again, after David Cameron dropped the experiment of giving the job to…
Dentistry
Unfolding the political landscape
For those of us who follow the comings and goings of the ‘Westminster Village’, the making of a new (all…
Dentistry
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…
Dentistry
Out of this world
Kevin Lewis reviews the NHS’ ‘never events list’ and what might happen if a ‘never event’ is reported to the…
Dentistry
Type B prototypes closest to Steele’s original vision
Professor Jimmy Steele has claimed the type B prototypes are closest to the approach he had envisaged. Three of the…
Dentistry
Sara Hurley announced as new chief dental officer
Sara Hurley BDS(UBrist) MFGDP(UK) MSc(UCL) MA(KCL) has been announced by NHS England as the new chief dental officer. Sara will…
Dentistry
Nothing in government manifestos for dentistry
Dentistry is not mentioned once in any of the general election manifestos of the big three Westminster parties. In 2010,…
Dentistry
The pension shake-up – five things all dentists need to know
Michael Copeland looks at five things every dentist should understand about the new pension freedom rules. In April this year,…
Dentistry
Reflecting on the future of the NHS
Following publication of the independent NHS confidence monitor survey commissioned by Practice Plan and the much-anticipated meeting of the insights…
Dentistry
End to NHS pay cuts?
Dentists have been promised an end to wage cuts, as public-sector pay restraint became a general election issue. Both Labour…
Dentistry
The ethical limit
Neel Kothari questions whether there should be an ethical limit to the number of UDAs handed out to dentists. The…
Dentistry
The dental foundation training dilemma
To work in the NHS as a dentist you need to have been on a performer’s list. To be admitted…
Young Dentist
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…
Dentistry
Are we dealing with creeping normality?
Nigel Jones takes a look at how the forthcoming planned changes within NHS dentistry may or may not creep up…
Dentistry
Ethical limit of UDAs
Neel Kothari reveals the stark difference in UDAs claimed between NHS dentists. Over the past few years many within the…
Dentistry
Lord Howe launches a ‘seismic shift’ in dentistry
Lord Howe has said dental practices trialling a new payment scheme, which focuses on prevention, are at the forefront of…
Dentistry
A quarter of adults in Wales aren’t registered with a dentist
One in four adults in south Wales aren’t registered with a dentist according to a new survey. The survey, carried out…
Dentistry