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Whistle blowing
Neel Kothari comments on the whistle-blowing culture within the NHS. Recently, Sir Robert Francis QC (Queen’s Counsel), who led two…
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
Pulling out rotten teeth from children runs up an annual £30m bill for the taxpayer
It cost the NHS £3.1m to carry out ‘minor extractions’ from under-18s, over the 2012-13 financial year, and a further…
Dentistry
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.…
Dentistry
Reaching for your personal best
Nigel Jones questions where patient care fits in to the definition of success. In amongst all of the amazing sporting…
Dentistry
BDA calls for the Government to invest ‘significant sums’ in NHS dentistry
Governments across the UK must pay heed to the economic challenges facing NHS dentistry and maintain their commitment to patients…
Dentistry
Where would we be without the NHS? Neel Kothari explains why we shouldn’t take the NHS for granted
Over the past couple of years you will no doubt have read numerous articles outlining some of the day-to-day failures…
Dentistry
Invest in dentistry, governments urged
The British Dental Association (BDA) has called for UK governments to pay heed to the economic challenges facing NHS dentistry…
Dentistry