CQC pledges to avoid box-ticking culture

CQC pledges to avoid box-ticking culture
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said that it is determined not to fall into the trap of simply ticking boxes in its inspections of health and social care providers. The CQC has said that it is looking at a wider range of information and evidence about dental practices, allowing it to make a broader assessment about quality and performance than would be possible purely on the basis of an inspection alone. It now has almost 30 dentists available to take part in inspections, CQC has confirmed.
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BDA welcomes significant changes to HTM01-05

BDA welcomes significant changes to HTM01-05
English Department of Health has announced changes to its  decontamination guidance document HTM 01-05. These changes follow long-running BDA lobbying and have been made in advance of a full review of the guidance, which the Department of Health has said will take place by the end of 2014.

The full HTM 01-05 2013 Edition and is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decontamination-in-primary-care-dental-practices

 

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Blue plaque unveiled for first woman dentist

Blue plaque unveiled for first woman dentist
Lilian Lindsay, the first woman dentist to qualify in Britain and the first female BDA President, has been honoured with the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque at her childhood home. The plaque, which has been erected as part of the well-known scheme run by English Heritage, is in Islington at where she lived from 1872–1892. It was unveiled on 17 April 2013.
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Biggest drop in gold price for 30 years reported

Biggest drop in gold price for 30 years reported
 

Gold price has suffered its biggest one-day fall in three decades, diving through $1,400 (£913) an ounce as investors faced with a bear market turned to panic selling. In New York, gold for June delivery went as low as $1,355.50, marking an intraday fall of 9.7pc - the steepest in percentage terms since a 9.6pc loss seen in February 1983.

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