An Appeals Tribunal has decided that the General Dental Council does not have to reveal the contents of an email sent by former Chair Dr William Moyes to GDC staff during the UK’s dental shutdown in 2020.
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A round-up of interesting & significant recent dental news that you might have missed.
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A team have invented & produced a new device to help dental practices in their safe management of the risks from aerosol borne infections.
“We would not accept people having to ring around A&E departments to see if there was any space for NHS patients, so I do not see why we should accept it for dentists” - Justin Madders, Ellesmere Port & Neston (LAB).
Just like busses, it seems that parliamentary debates on dentistry all come at the same time.
It now looks highly likely that the Dentists Act will be amended to prevent dentists who qualified overseas, from practising as dental therapists without facing any examination of their practical skills.
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