One Year To Clear Backlogs, And Staff Recruitment Difficulties – FDS Survey Highlights Dentistry’s Current Problems

Nearly forty percent of dental surgeons believe it will take at least 12 months to clear the backlog from COVID-19.
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Nearly forty percent of dental surgeons believe it will take at least 12 months to clear the backlog from COVID-19.
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The phrase ‘Dental Tourism’ will almost invariably invoke terror in the heart of many UK dental clinicians. So what do you do if you’re faced with a dental disaster created abroad?

Dentists in Scotland have been given just one working day to implement the delivery of free NHS dental care to 18-25 year-olds.
Read more: One Working Days’ Notice - NHS Dentists Need To Implement Big Change

NHS dentists in general practice have effectively endured a 40% cut in earnings over the last decade.
Read more: NHS Dentists Have Lost 40% In Earnings In 10 Years.

A new report from the General Dental Council has shown another large drop in the number of dental nurses on the dental register.

A new report by Greater Manchester Healthwatch has highlighted that there’s been a ‘huge increase’ in the number of patients struggling to find NHS dentists in the city.