Botched new Data Protection Act could slap £2k bill on small NHS providers

Botched new Data Protection Act could slap £2k bill on small NHS providers

The BDA and other primary care leaders have told Government to act now to stop flawed implementation of EU data regulations heaping unnecessary additional burdens on high street health providers. In a joint letter, the groups have called on Minister for Digital and Culture Margot James to drop plans to require all NHS providers to appoint a Data Protection Officer.

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Amazon moves in to selling to dentists

Amazon moves in to selling to dentists

Amazon in the USA has been growing its medical supply business - selling gloves, syringes and other health-care sundries to dentists, doctors and hospitals - in an early sign of its efforts to enter the health care industry. But Reuters reports that Henry Schein Inc and Patterson Cos Inc have bigger things to worry about than Amazon potentially disrupting the niche dental-equipment market they dominate in the US.

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Brush DJ wins outstanding innovation award

Brush DJ wins outstanding innovation award

Ben Underwood, creator of the toothbrushing app Brush DJ, has been named the winner of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry’s Outstanding Innovation Award. The judges were unanimous in their decision as well as united in their praise for the high standard of entries in 2018. Two other entries were Highly Commended and both originated from Leeds where the oral health of children is among the worst in the country.

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