Junior doctors pledge to ratchet up strike action

Junior doctors pledge to ratchet up strike action

Junior doctors have threatened the “trade union dispute of the century”. In a message to members, Dr Yannis Gourtsoyannis, a member of the BMA junior doctors committee detailed plans for repeated and crippling strikes, increasing pressure on NHS services as winter approaches. The BDA joined in the previous action and is keeping in touch with the BMA. Separately a CCG has abandoned plans to ration non-urgent treatments.

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BDIA launches post-Brexit manifesto

BDIA launches post-Brexit manifesto

The British Dental Industry Association (BDIA) has produced a post-Brexit manifesto, ‘Shaping the Future,’ which sets out the industry’s views on how government should positively influence the future for oral health, dentistry and the dental industry. BDIA’s Edmund Proffitt, comments: “There is a window of opportunity for the dental industry to share its positive vision for the future with key politicians, civil servants and decision makers.

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Recording selfies while brushing teeth can improve oral hygiene

Recording selfies while brushing teeth can improve oral hygiene

Recording smart phone video “selfies” of tooth-brushing can help people learn to improve their oral health care techniques, according to a new study.  Using smart phones propped on stands, study participants filmed their brushing at home. Researchers saw an increase in the accuracy of brush strokes, an increase in number of strokes and an overall 8 percent improvement in tooth-brushing skill—but the length of time a person brushed did not change.

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