DDU Cautions Dentists On Messaging Patients
The Dental Defence Union has advised dentists to ‘proceed with caution’ if communicating with patients via private messaging apps.
No comments No commentsGeneral Dental Council Turns Down GDPUK Request For Suicides Review
The General Dental Council has decided against carrying out an internal review after GDPUK questioned its decision to decline to answer a Freedom of Information Request on its investigation into the suicide of registrants undergoing Fitness To Practice Investigations.
Read more: General Dental Council Turns Down GDPUK Request For Suicides Review
CDO Announces Change To Cleaning Standards Red Tape
Sara Hurley, the English Chief Dental Officer (CDO) sends out periodic updates entitled ‘Your NHS Dentistry and Oral Health Bulletin.’ GDP’s familiar with their style and usual content could be forgiven for not always reading them in their entirety. However there appears to be something quite important buried in the latest tract.
Read more: CDO Announces Change To Cleaning Standards Red Tape
NHS Dental Reforms Have Cross-Party Support, But Where Does The New Health Minister Stand?
The new Minister for Health and Social Care has told the Commons “The Government is taking a number of important steps that will improve dental access for patients and will make NHS dentistry more and more attractive place for dentists and their teams to work” during Thursday’s Parliamentary debate on NHS dentistry.”
Health Secretary: Coffey Dropped; Sunak Reinstates Stephen Barclay
Day one of the Sunak government. He didn’t exactly get stuck into the NHS dental access problem, as he promised during the original leadership hustings, but his cabinet reshuffle saw Thérèse Coffey switched to the Environment after only being Health Secretary since her appointment by Liz Truss on September 6th.
Read more: Health Secretary: Coffey Dropped; Sunak Reinstates Stephen Barclay
Monkeypox Back In The News
Jeremy Hunt found himself in trouble recently for starting a Twitter thread with, “Whilst I have one or two other things in my in-tray today,” as an introduction to his thoughts on a serious healthcare issue.
More Articles ...
The GDPUK Blog
30 minutes to change the world – or not
General dental practitioners are largely paid to fix things. To examine, to diagnose, to treat and to review at whatever recall period is appropriate.
Dental Volunteers Work Magic In Malawi
In this GDPUK exclusive interview, Guy Tuggle talks to Dental Therapist Eleanor Ridge about her recent trip to Malawi with Dentaid.
Contract Reform – with a dash of history and art
Contract reform is on the agenda again – or maybe it never left. A recent paper in the BDJ from Rebecca Harris and Rachel Foskett-Tharby of NHS England describes the problem of the current dental contract as ‘wicked’ or ‘stubborn.’
Racism
In a football season where a statue has been raised in Plymouth of Jack Leslie, a black footballer, racism is in the news. Leslie played 400 times for Plymouth Argyle in the 1920’s and 30’s, scoring 137 times in the football league. Selected for the England squad in 1925, in the form of his life, he...
Patient complaints - inevitable but not irrevocable
Suki Singh talks to dentist and Head of Indemnity at the BDA, Len D’Cruz, about the inevitability of complaints and how to prevent them from escalating.
Why now is the best time to begin your retirement planning
Paul Barnfather, Specialist Dental Financial Adviser for Wesleyan Financial Services, shares how there is a cost when delaying financial planning for retirement.
GDPUK Tweets
Follow GDPUK
Join Us!
If you are a member of the dental profession, dental student or from the allied trades, please register to join us.
| It's FREE to join! Click here |  |
What people are saying about GDPUK
Adam
Just a quick note to say how much I have enjoyed this site. - Thanks for all the hard work. It wouldnt allow GDPs like me to swap ideas and thoughts otherwise. The figures speak for themselves in showing how much a site like this is needed. Keep it up!!
Anon
I`ve just had a `phone call from a company conducting a survey on behalf of the BDA. The survey was particularly interested in my use of the internet and what way I get my "dentistry intelligence" (new ideas, training ideas etc). When asked about the "most important source of dental information" I gave GDPUK as my answer; to be honest, I didn`t expect the response from the lady that I got: "Oh I hear that so much".
G. McAleer
GDPUK . . . . the most powerful and relevant force in UK dentistry
Dental Elf
03 February 2023
No bias. No misinformation. No spin. Just what you need!-
Does animal-assisted therapy help reduce dental anxiety?
In this blog Rebecca Manson considers a systematic review assessing whether the use of animal-assisted therapy helps reduce anxiety during dental care in children and adolescents.
The post Does animal-assisted therapy help reduce dental anxiety? appeared first on National Elf Service.
-
Sodium bicarbonate for the management of oral mucositis
This review of the effectiveness of sodium bicarbonate in the prevention and management of oral mucositis included 11 RCTs. The included studies were small, hetrogeneous and suggested little benefit from the use of sodium bicoarbonate mouthwashes.
The post Sodium bicarbonate for the management of oral mucositis appeared first on National Elf Service.
-
Restorative survival rate -self-adhesive resin cement versus selective-etch, total-etch and self-etch adhesives
This review assessing the durability of self-adhesive resin bonding, postoperative sensitivity, and the overall survival rate of indirect restorations compared to total-etch, selective-etch, and self-etch adhesives includes 9 RCTs.
The post Restorative survival rate -self-adhesive resin cement versus selective-etch, total-etch and self-etch adhesives appeared first on National Elf Service.