Mouth Cancer Surges As NHS Access Dwindles
The revelation that diagnoses of oral cancers are rising as access to an NHS dentist slides will come as no surprise to dental professionals.
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NHS England used its weekly ’Dentistry and Oral Health Update’ bulletin to announce the appointment of two new Deputy Chief Dental Officers for England.
Environmental, or ’green’ issues, are seldom far from the news headlines. Whether it’s Uxbridge electors rejecting the London Mayor’s controversial ’ULEZ’ scheme or campaigners blaming ’global warming’ caused by human behaviour for droughts and floods, there’s no escaping the messaging.
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These are not GDPUK’s words, but those of the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers (NASDAL), who state that “Goodwill values are on the slide” with figures to support their claim.
With an election around twelve months away, and the polls not looking promising, the government continues to make a variety of policy announcements that it may never need to deliver.
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Within days of the Labour Party announcement that, should it form a government, children in the most deprived communities would receive supervised toothbrushing sessions in school, the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) has set aside £20,000 to fund school visits by dentists to teach children the basics of good oral health habits.
Read more: Norfolk Dentists To Visit Classrooms As Council Funds Toothbrushes For Children