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GDC to co-operate with NHS England
The General Dental Council (GDC) and NHS England will launch a pilot scheme, which will aim to ensure that concerns…
Dentistry
Ethnic minority patients less likely to get an NHS dental appointment
Ethnic minority patients are significantly less likely to get an NHS dental appointment when they want one, Government research has found.…
Dentistry
Are you ready for the friends and family test?
The friends and family test is coming to your practice very soon, its aim is to help practices understand their…
Dentistry
BDA responds to Which? investigation over dental costs and treatment options
Which? has published a recent investigation showing that patients are confused about the costs and options for their treatment because some…
Dentistry
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…
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…
Dentistry
GDC launches a new pilot scheme this month
A pilot scheme is being launched by the General Dental Council (GDC) this month, which will aim to ensure that…
Dentistry
Further pay squeeze looms
Dentists face a further pay squeeze whoever wins the general election, following the first sparring in the four-month campaign. Labour…
Dentistry
New Year’s resolutions
Seventeen days is the average period during that we adhere to New Year’s resolutions apparently. So by this time in January most…
Dentistry
Team games
Michelle Hardy discusses independence from the NHS and how best to involve your practice team to make the change a…
Dentistry
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
Thinking of going private? Time to embrace marketing into your practice
Les Jones discusses how important it is to market your practice if you’re looking to go private, and gives some…
Dentistry
Patients forced to wait a year for an NHS dentist appointment
The Hebridean islands of Jura and Islay have been left with one part-time NHS dentist meaning patients are being told to…
Dentistry
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
Dentists missing out on IT
Dentists have missed out on ambitious plans to make using the rest of the NHS as simple as online banking…
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
The NHS evolution and your options
Nigel Jones discusses NHS dentistry, its evolution and what it could mean for NHS practitioners and their options for the…
Dentistry
Dentists face critical NHS pension decision
Thousands of dentists who qualified before 2008 have just a few months to decide which NHS pension scheme will be…
Dentistry
Dentists facing NHS pension payment delays
Dentists who apply for their NHS pension while erroneously listed on open NHS contracts could experience delays receiving their payments,…
Dentistry