NHS Patient Charges Increase April
NHS dental patients have been dealt a further hammer blow by a government announcement that patient charges are to rise by 4% from April 1st 2024.
No comments No commentsNHS dental patients have been dealt a further hammer blow by a government announcement that patient charges are to rise by 4% from April 1st 2024.
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Forty Two English Integrated Care Boards (ICB’s) are now able to influence how NHS dental funding is allocated in their area. Despite the constraints of what is still described as a “National contract,” there appears to be some flexibility.
Budgets are primarily about raising revenue. Not spending it. But how and what is raised ultimately determines what is spent. And after years of crying for additional funding, the 2024 budget left dental professionals who deliver NHS contracts feeling decidedly overlooked.
While there has been a lull in “greedy dentist” stories, they are never far away. The incongruous spectacle of MP’s demanding that dental graduates work in the NHS has not discouraged at least one health minister from a particularly questionable bolstering of their own remuneration.
For many years, the US military infamously had a “don’t ask don’t tell” policy regarding it’s members sexual orientation. It was ultimately recognised as wrong and something it hindered the force’s performance.
The College of General Dentistry (CGDent) has announced that it has begun the process of appointing its next president. At the same time it has marked the passing of a pioneer who was recognised as a founder of dental vocational training and the foundation dentist system.
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