Most people support fines for patients who miss GP and hospital appointments to boost NHS funding. Adding fees for patients whose diseases are triggered by unhealthy lifestyles are also popular, a survey by Ipsos MORI reveals. This finding echoes an amended motion passed at the LDC Conference in Belfast.
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A plumber has won a legal battle for working rights in a Supreme Court ruling, the BBC reports. He had worked solely for Pimlico Plumbers for six years. Despite being paying self-employed tax, he was entitled to workers’ rights, the court ruled. Whether this case will have ramifications for self-employed dentists working as associates is unknown.
Read more: Supreme Court decides on self-employed workers’ rights, with comment from BDA
Jeremy Hunt has accepted the findings a review into the use of gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare, which said that criminal proceedings should apply only in extreme cases of “very poor performance”. He said staff should be able to learn from their mistakes. It comes after concerns over the case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, who was struck off after the death of a six-year-old boy.
The Mirror reports that ‘rising dentist fees’ are forcing patients with toothache to visit A&E and their GP doctor. They say that “Drop in NHS spending on dental care has had repercussions for patients and the resulting strain on docs and hospitals is costing tens of millions. Last week the LDC Conference likewise condemned the charges as a ‘tooth tax’.
The Queen’s Birthday Honours have been published. GDPUK congratulates four recipients of the MBE.
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Dr David Crichton CRAIG Head of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Dental Patients. (Staplecross, East Sussex)
Ms Mili Ranjit DOSHI Dental Consultant, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to NHS Dentistry. (London)
Mrs Ingrid PERRY Founder, Teeth Team, Yorkshire and Humber. For services to Education and Improvement of Dental Health in Young People. (Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire)
Lt Col David Alistair WILLEY, Royal Army Dental Corps, for Military Service
“Let’s us all do what it takes for a better dental contract,” were the words of Joe Hendron at the LDC conference dinner last night, when he told delegates why he handed back his prototype contract and his disillusionment with the contract reform process. The after-dinner speaker was Callum Youngson, head of Liverpool Dental School.
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This review of regenerative endodontic treatment included 14 small observational studies of limited quality suggesting a possible influence of apical diameter on clinical outcomes.
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