It started as the week that Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan asked, “Does anyone ever say: “You know what, you’ve done a ****ing good job, because everyone else has sat on their **** and done nothing’? No signs of that, no?”

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Read more: “Derisory.” “Insulting.” “Outrageous.” - BDA not happy

Patients in hospitals and care homes who lose their dentures are costing the NHS £1.9m, in a conservative estimate.  But aside from the financial cost, the inconvenience and distress caused to patients has a much higher price.

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Read more: Labelling Dentures To Reduce The Cost Of Dentures Lost

With the departure of amalgam from some UK practices a matter of history while others “phase down,”, a new study from the USA involving over a million restorations, shows that the end might be near for one of dentistry’s most enduring materials.

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Read more: Amalgam Use in Steep Decline

Stephen Henderson of the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland has announced that he is stepping down.

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Read more: Stephen Henderson of MDDUS Retires

The issue of The GDC’s interest in its registrant’s lives outside of the surgery, and away from patient interactions is not new. A recent Subject Access Request (SAR) has shown that the GDC continue to take an interest in issues that have little if anything to do with protecting the public or maintaining confidence in the profession.

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Read more: Big Regulator is Watching You