Junior dentists and doctors vote against contract

Junior dentists and doctors vote against contract

Junior hospital dentists and doctors have voted to reject their new contract, 63% of BDA dentists and 58% of BMA doctors voted against the deal agreed at ACAS in May with the Health Secretary. Both associations are now reviewing their next steps in light of the ballot.

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PSA reports to Parliament

PSA reports to Parliament

The Professional Services Authority (PSA) has published its review for 2015-16. From this year it will publish separate reviews for all nine regulators, to be published individually. The Review of the GDC starts for this year starts in July. The PSA was questioned on its report by the Health Select Committee on July 5, but there was no significant mention of the GDC.

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Sports drinks: a risk to children’s health

Sports drinks: a risk to children-s health

Regular consumption of sports drinks by children, for social reasons, could be having a detrimental effect on their health concludes the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) UK. A survey by Cardiff University School of Dentistry, published in the British Dental Journal, showed a high proportion of 12-14 year olds are regularly consuming, high sugar, sports drinks unnecessarily.

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Dentist windsurfs from Ireland to Scotland

Dentist windsurfs from Ireland to Scotland

Belfast dentist, Chris Loughridge, has windsurfed from Northern Ireland to Scotland in a record 100 minutes, through choppy waters.  He set sail from Cushendall in County Antrim and arrived at the Mull of Kintyre lighthouse an hour and 40 minutes later. “I am over the moon”, he told the Belfast Telegraph afterwards.

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BDA slams DH plans to end bursaries

BDA slams DH plans to end bursaries

The British Dental Association (BDA) has roundly criticised government plans to strip dental hygiene and dental therapy students of the NHS bursary. Paul Blaylock, Chair of the BDA’s Students Committee, said: “The abolition of the NHS bursary is bad news for dentistry and for all dental professionals.”

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Chair of finance to step down from GDC

Chair of finance to step down from GDC

Lay Council member and Chair of the Finance and Performance Committee, Michael Carroll, has resigned from his positions with the General Dental Council (GDC). He will leave the GDC in October 2016. He said: "It is with considerable regret that due to ever increasing demands for my time from a combination of personal, business and charity work  activities, that I felt it necessary to resign from my current GDC roles.”

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