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Scotland's CDO says patients shouldn't be ‘forced’ into private treatment

Scotland’s chief dental officer, Tom Ferris, has been reported by The Scotsman newspaper as saying that people in need of dental treatment should not be put in the “invidious position” of being forced to pay for private treatment because of a backlog of NHS appointments due to the coronavirus shutdown. He was speaking on the BBC radio show Call Kaye,

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Chancellor announces support measures until March 31

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has increased support to businesses with a five-month extension of the furlough scheme into Spring 2021 and increased self-employed support for millions more workers through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), which will be increased.

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Dentists in Ireland are leaving the Government-funded scheme ‘in their droves’

The Independent.ie reports that dentists are leaving an Irish Government-funded scheme ‘in their droves’ as they struggle to cope in the midst of the pandemic. New figures show that more than 260 dentists have dropped out of the scheme, that provides dental services to medical card holders, since the start of this year. About 200,000 people are now facing delays for treatment.

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UK mouth cancer cases reach record high - Action Month starts

New cases of oral cancer in the UK have risen to a record high, according to the findings of a new report. Figures collected by the Oral Health Foundation show that 8,722 people in the UK were diagnosed with the disease last year, increasing by 97% since 2000. Such cases in the UK have soared for the 11^th year in a row and have more than doubled within the last generation.

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COVID-19: CDO (England) update on dentistry in new lockdown

CDO (England) has confirmed that the advice given by GDPUK on dentistry following the Prime Minister’s announcement of further restrictions was correct. Sara Hurley confirmed that ‘practices should remain open to treat patients in line with the standard operating procedure and with regard to the recently updated national infection prevention control dental appendix.’

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COVID-19: Update: Dental practices should remain open during new English lockdown

The Prime Minister has announced that, from midnight Thursday November 5, England will go into a nationwide lockdown until Wednesday December 2. Guidance has been issued from Gov.uk, which indicates that people will be allowed and encouraged to leave home for medical appointments and dental practices are not on the list of businesses that must close.

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