Simplyhealth has announced today that their market leading dental payment plans, Denplan, will be revamped under the new brand name of ‘Denplan, Part of Simplyhealth’ to further support the company’s strength in the healthcare marketplace.

As part of this brand refresh, Simplyhealth are re-introducing the famous Denplan apple as part of the logo, which has instant recognition and significance with both dentists and patients and highlights their expertise in preventive oral healthcare.

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Dental therapists are qualified, capable and committed to the NHS but are unable to work to the fullest of their capabilities. This is the key message from  the British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT) in its submission to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee which has initiated an inquiry into dentistry services.

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The BDA has expressed grave concerns that the DHSC is backtracking on pledges to break with its discredited policy of automatically fining patients accused of ‘misclaiming’ free NHS dental care. Charlotte Waite, Chair of the BDA’s England Community Dental Services Committee said: "Vulnerable patients will keep turning away from check-ups as long as Ministers refuse to let go of their failed fines policy.” 

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The Government is consulting on a new set of proposals to offer senior clinicians more control over their pensions growth, so they can continue to provide the services that patients need. They say that senior NHS clinicians are concerned that pension tax charges are making them retire early or change their working habits.

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Dental Protection, while welcoming the GDC’s proposal to allow more time to provide information in fitness to practise hearings relating to a clinical concern, is calling for an extension to also apply to non-clinical cases. Raj Rattan, Dental Director at Dental Protection said: “We have been working with the GDC to introduce a range of reforms that will speed up the overall investigation process.”

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