GDPs in England to receive 1.5% contract uplift
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- Published: Friday, 15 March 2013 11:49
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Last July the then Secretary of State, Andrew Lansley wrote to the Review Body telling that it did not want a recommendation from them on dentists’ pay as the Government had decided that there would be a 1% increase on net earnings and that they would apply a formula to determine how this should be applied in contract values.
The BDA has said that the decision ‘will do little to relieve the increasing pressure on high street dentists. Dr John Milne, Chair of the BDA’s General Dental Practice Committee, said:
“While dentists understand the financial challenges facing the public purse that sit behind this decision, they also know that their practice expenses are continuing to escalate and that their professional lives are becoming ever more challenging. Dentistry in England is facing an uncertain time with new commissioning arrangements being implemented in just a few weeks and new contractual arrangements being piloted.
“Dentists are working hard not only to care for their patients today, but also to make these reforms work to build a better future. That future will also depend on the funding shortfalls that are being endured by practices now being recouped in future years. The BDA will continue to remind Government of this and look to the DDRB for future recommendations to more effectively support dentists’ hard work caring for patients.
“We will also press for the all-important detail of the changes to contract management that have been announced alongside today’s announcement to be published. Inevitably, the devil will be in the detail of these changes and we will be looking very closely at them.”
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