The British Dental Association (BDA) has reacted strongly to new figures showing a morale crisis which threatens the future of NHS dentistry. The BDA’s Chair of the General Dental Practice Committee, Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen, said: “A wholly avoidable crisis of morale has left half of all NHS dentists looking for the exit, and puts the future of the service in jeopardy.”
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has called for movement on stalled reforms to NHS dentistry in Wales, following a visit to a Swansea practice. BDA Wales invited the Conservative health spokesperson Angela Burns AM to visit. She has joined BDA Wales in calling for these promising pilots to be rapidly expanded in communities across Wales, ahead of a potential national roll-out.
Read more: Dentists call for gear change in NHS dentistry in Wales
The Government has set out its response to the consultation on the ‘sugar tax.’ But a statement by Jane Ellison, financial secretary to the Treasury, said it was a levy that ‘we would rather not collect’. They would prefer to see firms reformulating their products to reduce the sugar content.
Read more: Sugar levy: a tax Government ‘would rather not collect’
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Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen, Chair, BDA General Dental Practice Committee, has posted an update about the protoype contracts on the BDA website. He said that there were some concerns about the prototypes having too many targets. He also said that there were a number of practices that are really worried about the financial viability of their practice with a 10% clawback looming.
People with suspected mouth cancer are having their diagnosis delayed because they are first referred to a dentist, surgeons have warned. But experts from the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) warn that this can slow down the process for diagnosing people with cancer, and say they should see a hospital specialist within two weeks.
Read more: Surgeons warn of mouth cancer diagnosis delay risk