Nearly 1,000 dentists left the NHS last year, revealed in response to a parliamentary question. The question was posed by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, who represents the Kingston & Surbiton constituency which lost 91 NHS dentists.
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COVID-19 could pass into people’s lungs from saliva with the virus moving directly from mouth to bloodstream - particularly if individuals are suffering from gum disease, according to research published late last year.
Read more: Healthy gums could potentially reduce Covid-19 severity
The General Dental Council is again under the magnifying glass surrounding its use of private investigators in ‘under-guise’ operations against registrants.
Read more: Watching The Detectives – The GDC Exercises 'Transparency' Again
NHS dental practices were recently told to meet 85% of their pre-COVID UDA activity levels & 90% for UOA activity or face financial penalties. Despite the BDA at the time condemning the decision to impose these targets NHS England (NHSE) have not backed down and the BDA’s concerns seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
Read more: BDA calls for NHS England to rethink the UDA & UOA targets
In Wednesday’s round of Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson was asked by Labour’s Navendu Mishra what he would do to reduce backlog of NHS dental appointments and increase the number of NHS dentists across England.
Read more: Boris lies about record investments 'into dentistry, into the NHS'
The Government is set to announce a relaxation of Covid testing rules as part of efforts to shorten isolation periods and ease staffing shortages, the Daily Telegraph reports, amidst reports that staffing shortages across the economy are ‘crippling’ Britain.
Read more: Some relaxation of Covid testing rules reported - will it help dental practices?