English dentists trying to predict what lies in store for them could do a lot worse than speak to their Welsh colleagues. The BBC News website is now carrying a story headlined, “NHS: Dentist check-ups in Wales cut to once a year”
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A time honoured strategy of organisations with a poor reputation is a re branding exercise, and that appears to be what the GDC are attempting with Fitness to Practice (FtP).
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The Government Health and Social Care Committee has concluded that the NHS dental contract is “not fit for purpose.”
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The Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) has delivered its 50th report.
Set up in 1971 it is the body which will make recommendations to Government across the UK on the remuneration of doctors and dentists taking any part in the National Health Service.
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Britain’s accelerating ‘Summer of Discontent’ stands to enrol the dental profession as the British Dental Association warns of the consequences of soaring inflation on the delivery of dentistry.
The first oral questions faced by the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the Commons on Tuesday, related to NHS dental services access.
Read more: New Health Secretary Slips Up During His First Commons Dental Question