“It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn’t a dentist. It produces a false impression.” This may not be the best known line from “The importance of being Earnest.”
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After months of hearing evidence and collating its thoughts, the House of Commons Health & Social Care Committee Report into NHS Dentistry is out.
Read more: Select Committee Dental Report Published - and it is damning
The good news is that NHS dentists now know what to expect in this pay round. After years of the Dentists and Doctors Review Body (DDRB) reports sitting in a ministerial in-tray before an announcement, this years figure is now known.
Guy Tuggle tunes into the Steve Nolan Show on Five Live and reports on what has already become dentistry’s next Big Debate.
Read more: Train, Chain, Drain: Profession At Odds With Public Opinion
The dental profession is about to learn the findings of the Parliamentary Health & Social Care Committee’s investigation into NHS dentistry and specifically, access.
GDPUK understands the report will be published this Friday.
The consequences of the nation’s defiant addiction to sugary drinks plays out in dental practices every hour of every day. With an array of prominent and hidden sugars being pushed at a sweet toothed public, the profession often feels like its ‘cut or moderate your consumption’ message swims against an increasingly strong tide.