New research from charity, the Oral Health Foundation (OHF), will make grim reading for those struggling to meet the demand for dental care.
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In the changed world of mass communication, once restrictive rules have been torn up by influencers and social media. It has never been easier for those with unorthodox or anti-establishment opinions to reach a huge audience.
The British Dental Association (BDA) has reacted with predictable dismay to the government‘s announcement of a 4% rise. A statement issued by Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Thursday 22nd May said "We inherited a broken health service with extremely low morale after years of pay erosion and poor industrial relations.
GDPs and their teams are expected to be able to detect, and in some cases provide immediate care, for a variety of life threatening conditions. Annual training in basic life support is intended to keep it fresh in everyone‘s mind. Sepsis may be seen as a less likely issue, particularly to those seeing stable lists of well maintained patients, but a recent case provides a reminder of its occurrence in dentistry and potentially devastating consequences.
The British Dental Association (BDA) is urging dentists, their teams and patients to write to their MP (link below) ahead of a debate scheduled for Thursday morning.
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Reduction of inequalities is a key ambition for UK healthcare, and is very much expected to be a major part of any updated NHS dental contract. A recently published paper investigating the oral health of academy footballers underlines the embedded nature of these inequalities.
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