Fresh evidence to support this message has come in the form of two separate large-scale studies by researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University and the Institute of Science Tokyo, which concluded that poor oral health among older adults is closely linked to higher mortality rates and a higher risk of requiring long-term care.
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As the profession, training establishments and the NHS grapple with workforce planning, they may merely need to fill a short gap before the transition to a vastly different way of delivering dental care.
Two recent stories have provided a reminder that the ‘leaky bucket‘ meme remains a remarkably accurate representation of the UK‘s approach to dental workforce planning.
Within the profession there is a growing suspicion that getting DIY dentistry stories off of the headlines is the driving aspiration of The Department of Health and Social Care, and has shaped the latest set of reforms.
Read more: The Press and Healthwatch Digest Contract Reforms
The Business Service Authorities‘ Compass software has been on borrowed time since 2023 when it was announced that a replacement was under development. Since then users have been invited to suggest names for the new system, but there has been little information in terms of a launch date.
There is one area where the GDC can be relied upon by registrants and the public. One where our regulator can be trusted to perform consistently time after time, with predictable outcomes that are all but guaranteed.
Read more: GDC Reported to Wes Streeting – By Their Regulator
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) founded in 1969, is the largest independent and not-for-profit social research organisation in the UK. It‘s report on the most recent Adult Oral Health Survey (AOHS) makes for depressing reading.
Read more: The Nation’s Oral Health is Making Progress – Backwards
It is a safe bet that Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock does not lay awake at night worrying what GDPs will make of the reforms to the NHS dental contract. How it is received by influential stakeholders and the press will be of more interest.
Read more: Lukewarm Response to Vague NHS Contract Proposals
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have announced what they describe as “A major boost for millions of NHS Dental patients.” The newly published reforms are described as “the most significant modernisation of the NHS dental contract in years”