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.
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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.
The General Dental Council has indicated that it won’t be revealing full details of whether Fitness to Practise investigations have been taken against registrants as a result of its monitoring of media and social media.
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The GDC’s 2023 ARF has been set at £690 for dentists (an increase of 1.5%) and £114 for dental professionals – the same as last year.
After substantial payouts for bank customers who were miss sold PPI, and the current actions on behalf of misled diesel car buyers, associate dentists could be the next in line for big compensation payments.
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The Dental Defence Union (DDU) was established in 1994 as a division of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) to serve its dental members.