Recently profiled in GDPUK, the newly appointed Minister for Health and Social Care, Therese Coffey had a ready mnemonic for her first interviews. Her priorities would be ABCD, she said, representing Ambulances, Backlogs, Care, Doctors and Dentists.
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‘Check, check and check again,” would be sound advice for many clinical activities. A recent statement from The Dental Defence Union (DDU) suggests that Dentists and DCPs’ should apply the same thoroughness to retaining their GDC registration.
A French dentist has been jailed after being found guilty of carrying out unnecessary work. Sentencing followed a trial that ended in April, relating to huge quantities of work done over a six year period.
Following the British Dental Association’s revelation that 79% of dental practices in England were unable to take on new child patients, the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry has announced the availability of nine multilingual versions of its guide to caring for children’s teeth.
There has already been a good deal of discussion on the GDPUK forum about how to manage the Bank Holiday that was announced for the Queens State Funeral on September 19th. Within individual practices there will, by now, have been conversations about how to respond, and some will have already made their decision whether to close, or remain open.
Read more: To Close, Or Not To close? Primary Care Receives Guidance
GDPUK’s Guy Tuggle profiles the new Health Secretary.