This year‘s April 1st increases in NHS dental patient charges for England have been announced. The British Dental Association has issued a combative statement which emphasises that such ‘stealth cuts‘ will not put a penny into struggling practices.
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Many GDPs have a pretty dim view of the dental claims companies, in particular one that is well known for its impressive ratio of legal costs claimed, to actual damages received by patients.
Read more: Outside General Practice, Dental Negligence Claims Soar
We owe the arrival of ‘clawback‘ in the dental lexicon to the 2006 UDA contract. Although those working outside the NHS might feel that this is something that will never darken their financial spreadsheets, a recent legal case could give them pause for thought.
It is a source of some regret that the GDC, and in particular their communications team, refuse to communicate with GDPUK. A missed opportunity too, since our readers share the GDC‘s main ambition, to protect the public.
All is not well in Wales. As reported by GDPUK at the end of January, the British Dental Association Wales had accused the Welsh Government of trying to ‘pass the buck‘ on the record breaking delays delivering pay uplifts for dental contractors following the imposition of a 6% backdated rise.
After the 2024 election there seemed to be smiles all round when senior BDA and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) representatives first met. Little more than six months later that seems a distant memory. Figures on both sides might be wondering just what went wrong.
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