A recent report on a roundtable meeting in Belfast with the GDC and other organisations will be of interest to dentists across the four nations. It took the form of a blog for the BDA, written by Paul Brennan, chair of the Northern Ireland Council.
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It is after 19 years, a contract that has been recognised as unfit for purpose and whose intended replacement has been debated, trailed, promised, and confirmed. Despite this, the 2006 UDA NHS dental contract is still being ‘tweaked.‘
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One professional group has gone against the trend of increasing numbers on the UK dental register, with nearly 10% fewer dental technicians listed than in 2020. A recent paper offers little prospect of a recovery in numbers here, but may also concern those technicians around the world who are carrying out the work once done in the UK.
The combination of a Labour administration and a UDA style NHS contract is not unique to England. Wales has had its own UDA based arrangement since 2006. The two nations have experienced both major problems with access, and attempts by their administrations to improve matters with marginal changes. There is though, general agreement that that the UDA contracts need replacement rather than fine tuning.
With its latest publication, the GDC has revisited its core role – that of regulating the dental professions and protecting the public
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