NHS dental patient charges to rise

Health Minister Earl Howe has announced rise in NHS charges in England from April 1, 2013. He said: “Dental charges represent an important contribution to the overall cost of dental services. The exact amount raised will be dependent upon the level and type of primary dental care services commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board and the proportion of charge-paying patients who attend dentists and the level of treatment they require."

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Expenses up, profits down says NASDAL

The annual benchmarking statistics just issued by NASDAL show that dental practices have been contending with a significant increase in costs. In the tax returns of dentists in the year ending March 2012, the total average costs of running a dental practice equated to 67.6% of practice income. As a result, profits are almost back to the levels in the 2004-2005 NASDAL survey.

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“STOP Illegal Whitening” debates at The Dentistry Show

In response to reports that The Dentistry Show organisers have allowed an illegal whitening company to exhibit at this year’s Show, industry experts will come together to highlight the dangers of non-registered dental practitioners providing tooth whitening.

It was announced last week that a company that is involved in illegal whitening, will be allegedly exhibiting its whitening products and services, despite the fact that it does not employ a dentist or any dental registrants.

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Record numbers visit GDPUK site

Tony Jacobs reports that the GDPUK.com website had it's busiest day ever on GDPUK on Tuesday 12th February 2013. The website had 2772 unique visitors on that day, all dental professionals.

Add to this 4,000 who read emails every day [a proven 120,000 per month], the reach of the site is wider and wider.

On February 19th, with further major issues affecting the UK dental sphere, the record was smashed again when 3,408 unique visitors logged into GDPUK.com.

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Prepare for PAYE changes next April

Dental practice owners around the country could be doing themselves a service by preparing for the changes to PAYE in April 2013. Each time you pay your employees you will be required to submit an online report to HMRC about what you have paid and the deductions from your employees’ salaries.

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Fizzy drinks should be taxed: BDHF

The British Dental Health Foundation has joined more than 60 organisations backing recommendations for a tax on sugary drinks. The report, compiled by Sustain entitled ‘A Children's Future Fund - How food duties could provide the money to protect children's health and the world they grow up in', makes three main recommendations for Budget 2013 it believes would help to improve children's health.

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NHS dental patient charges to rise

Expenses up, profits down says NASDAL

“STOP Illegal Whitening” debates at The Dentistry Show

Record numbers visit GDPUK site

Prepare for PAYE changes next April

Fizzy drinks should be taxed: BDHF

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