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Cameron rejects sugar tax

A report, from Public Health England (PHE), originally shelved by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, said it "would seem logical" that a "sugar tax" of 10% to 20% would lead to a reduction in consumption, though it stressed some of the evidence on the issue was limited. However a spokesman for prime minister, David Cameron said that, although he had not read the report, he was not in favour of a tax, believing there were other measures to drive down childhood obesity.

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Eddie Crouch tells DDRB pay restraint means pay cuts

Eddie Crouch, the BDA's Vice Chair and Chair of its Review Body Evidence Committee, told the DDRB: “The rhetoric and the reality on dentists' pay couldn't be any further apart. As a profession we are not looking at 'minimal' rises or even pay 'freezes'. Any talk of 'pay restraint' for dentists is simply a euphemism for deep and sustained pay cuts. All the official evidence tells precisely the same story. We are not 'all in this together', and our profession should not be expected to take a disproportionate hit to bail out a cash strapped NHS.”

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Greek financial crisis hits oral health

Europe's statistical agency Eurostat has reported that by most indicators of oral health, Greece is one of the unhealthiest places in Europe. The number of Greeks 16 years or older reporting unmet dental care needs was 10.6% in 2013. That compares to a European Union average of 7.9%. More than 8% of Greeks skipped dentist visits in 2013 because it was too expensive, well above the 5.1% European average, according to Eurostat.

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WhatClinic acquires Toothpick.com

Healthcare comparison site,WhatClinic.com, has announced its acquisition of UK dental booking site Toothpick.com. The move will introduce the simplistic booking of Toothpick’s software to more than 11,000 UK dental clinics listed on WhatClinic.com – which has been dubbed the ‘Tripadvisor of private healthcare’. This acquisition will fast-track the site’s move towards real-time booking for its million plus monthly users.

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GDC: Lay Council ignores safety advice over registrants' addresses

GDC kicks registrants` addresses issue into touch

At a recent meeting of the General Dental Council (GDC), the Council made no decision to change their policy of insisting that GDC website must publish the full home or practice address of all registrants. A working group was formed to look into this matter again. The lay members of the Council rejected safety arguments from their own executive, from a personal safety campaign and a major petition against such disclosure. This decision means the GDC falls outside the norm of other comparable regulators in the UK in this matter.

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Minister claims improved access to NHS dentistry

In answering a question from an MP, Health minister, Alistair Burt MP, claimed that 1.7 million more patients had accessed NHS dentistry compared with May 2010. He also said that the Government is committed to increasing access still further through reform of the dental contract to incentivise dentists to focus on prevention as well as treatment and, by seeing patients at intervals appropriate to their clinical need.

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