Dr Sarah Wollaston MP has been re-elected as chair of the House of Commons Health Select Committee. She received 532 votes on the first ballot against David Tredinnick MP who received 64. She has been chair of the committee since 2013, when she succeeded form Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell.
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Cochrane has carried out a review to assess the effects of water fluoridation (artificial or natural) for the prevention of tooth decay. The authors conclude that ‘there is very little contemporary evidence, meeting the review's inclusion criteria, that has evaluated the effectiveness of water fluoridation for the prevention of caries.’
See review at: http://tinyurl.com/q6dewu5
Read more: Cochrane publishes lukewarm report on fluoridation
GDPUK is sad to announce the sudden passing of Brian Lux, well known across all fields of dentistry, his work with the GDPA, and latterly for his column in Dental Practice.
Brian passed away suddenly on Friday June 19th.
The General Dental Council (GDC), has secured its first prosecution of an illegal tooth whitening training provider. Martyn Collier, sole director of 'Smile Like the Stars Training Limited', was found guilty at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court of two offences of tooth whitening. He was sentenced to a three year conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation of £1,495 to his victims, a £15 victim surcharge and costs to the GDC of £3,500.
Addressing 300 dentists at the conference, the chair of the BDA's General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC), Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen, said there is a huge mismatch between people’s demand for NHS treatment and dentists’ ability to deliver this care, when funding is limited to treating just over half of the population in England.
Read more: GDPC Chair speaks of concerns over funding and contract reform
In recent research Which? found that three in ten (31%) practices turned down their researchers because they didn’t have availability. Of those that did offer them an appointment, 29% couldn’t see us within two weeks, with one surgery saying we could book but we’d be facing a wait of eight to nine months. Which? executive director, Richard Lloyd, said: “We want the Competition and Markets Authority to step in and ensure that dentists put the existing rules into practice so that people can easily find out where they can get NHS dentistry.”
Read more: Which? finds ‘NHS dentists’ not offering NHS appointments