Martin Woodrow has been appointed as Chief Executive of the British Dental Association on a permanent basis, having been Acting CEO since August 2018. BDA Chair Mick Armstrong said: "We are delighted to have a steady hand on the tiller at Wimpole Street. Martin joined us with a formidable track record built in trade unions and healthcare associations.”

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A record number of people in Scotland are registered with an NHS dentist, according to the latest figures. A total of 5.2 million people were signed up as at 30 September 2019. The figure represents 95.7% of the Scottish population, and is an increase of 2.3 percentage points on the previous year. Registration rates were similar for children and adults (94.3% and 96%).

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Former Health Secretary and Tory party leadership contender, Jeremy Hunt MP, has been elected to the chair of the Commons Health Select Committee. The BDA has sent him a message asking him to “reopen the inquiry into dentistry” which was instituted by his predecessor, Dr Sarah Wollaston, but ended with the general election.

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Dental Protection has told the Government that it is now time to focus on getting UK dental regulation right. Raj Rattan, Dental Director, urged the new Government to move things forward quickly saying: “Few areas of regulation in the UK are more overdue reform than healthcare professional regulation.”

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The survey for the quarter ending 31^st October 2019 has seen a big leap – again – in the goodwill as a percentage of fee income in deals done. This is the fifth quarter in a row that deals have risen – from a low of 122% of gross fees in quarter ending October 2018, to 157% of gross fees in this latest quarter. Alan Suggett, who compiles the goodwill survey, said, “It is clear that in many parts of the country that the practices sales market is still buoyant.”

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