The General Dental Council’s (GDC) consultation on the Annual Retention Fee (ARF) will be discussed at its meeting on September 18, but no decision on the level will be taken then. It has commissioned KPMG to review the assumptions underlying the proposal to raise the ARF by 64%. The decision on the level of ARF will be taken on October 30, after the KPMG report and the full appraisal of the consultation have been received.
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An investigation by the Manchester Evening News has revealed that only one in three Manchester dental practices is taking on new child patients. The newspaper revealed its findings a month after statistics from the NHS were published, showing that children in Manchester have some of the poorest standards of oral health in the country.
Read more: Only one in three practices in Manchester accepting new child patients
Over the course of the month of August, aided by Dental Elite, a group of six individual dental practice owners in the North East successfully completed on the sale of their seven dental practices to a small corporate from the South of England. By acting together the group secured a value 15-20% more than their individual valuations and for one practice a price £300,000 more than a heavily negotiated offer from a well-known dental corporate.
The General Dental Council (GDC), has successfully prosecuted a Wirral-based man for unlawfully practising dentistry (namely tooth whitening). Wayne Roberts was found guilty at Wirral Magistrates' Court of three offences including unlawful use of the title 'Dental Technician'. He was fined £5,000 on each count, ordered to pay a £500 victim surcharge and full costs to the GDC of £3167.25.
Dental Protection has responded in detail to the GDC’s recent consultation on its proposals to increase the Annual Retention Fee (ARF) by 64%. Dental Protection fundamentally disagrees with the GDC’s flawed starting position. It says the GDC sees no potential for improving what has become an increasingly dysfunctional and unnecessarily costly system.
The British Dental Association (BDA) has submitted ‘damning’ evidence to the General Dental Council’s (GDC) fee rise consultation. It challenges the GDC’s financial case for demanding a massive increase in the annual retention fee (ARF). Mick Armstrong, Chair of the BDA Principal Executive Committee (PEC), said: “The GDC now face a simple choice: step back from this flawed fee rise, or face a legal challenge. We are confident in our arguments, and ready to take any and all action necessary to stop it”.
Video message from Mick Armstrong can be seen here.
Read more: BDA tells GDC: ‘Step back or face legal challenge’
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