Clinical Negligence Costs - DDU Warns Government
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has called on the government to press ahead with long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases.
No comments No commentsThe Dental Defence Union (DDU) has called on the government to press ahead with long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases.
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The Dental Recovery Plan (DRP), launched by the Conservative government in February, is failing to deliver the improvements it promised.
It has not been a great few weeks for supporters of water fluoridation. First there was widespread reporting on studies suggesting that its benefits had been previously overstated. Then shortly before the USA election, Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr. said that: “Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.”
The Canmore Trust was set up by John Gibson and his wife Isobel following the devastating loss of Cameron, their son, to suicide in 2019. GDPUK readers may be familiar with the Gibsons, Isobel having been a medical GP and John currently Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine in the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine to the UK Army.
The Pierre Fauchard Academy (PFA), an international dental honours organisation, has conferred awards upon two senior members of the College of General Dentistry CGD). Founded in 1936, The CGD was the first independent college for primary care dentistry in the UK. A professional body and registered charity, it serves the public interest in oral health and is the UK‘s only medical college run by and for dental professionals.
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NHS England has published dental workforce data which confirms the worst suspicions of many in the profession. Around one fifth - 21% - of NHS dentist vacancies were unfilled in March 2024. The impact of this new revelation means a loss to the NHS of nearly half a million days (495,774).