The effectiveness of the NHS’s Long Term Workforce Plan (LWP) and government’s Dental Recovery Plan (DRP) could be compromised by the ageing team of academics to train the clinical teams of the future.
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Reading any recent press release or announcement from the Government or NHS about healthcare, one can expect to see the reduction of inequalities being given as a key objective.
Two recent stories underline the disconnection between that frequently stated ambition, and actual outcomes in dentistry. In the same week that Secretary of State Victoria Atkins, claimed that dental access was now much better, residents of Newcastle and Darlington saw the reality of this supposedly improved NHS dental provision.
Read more: NHS Dentistry: From National Health Service to Whack-a-Mole
As medicine and dentistry move into the world of direct to consumer offerings, and increasingly reach their would be patients through social media, regulators and law enforcement are struggling to keep up.
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The NHS dentistry access crisis and the accompanying awful headlines, have dogged the government and a succession of health ministers for a few years. But according to Victoria Atkins, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, things are now getting a lot better.
The Wild West days of dental internet reviews may be coming to an end. For some years dental teams have had minimal right of reply to reviews that were factually incorrect.
A Manchester cancer patient’s campaign for access to NHS dentistry ’without obstacles or charges’ is to be considered by MPs at Westminster Hall on Wednesday 17th April.
Read more: Patient’s Crusade For Cancer Patients Reaches Westminster