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Published: Friday, 15 May 2020 21:56
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Dental Protection has called on the Welsh Government to look again at its offer to provide dentists with 80% of their NHS annual contract value (ACV), following concerns that the offer will be insufficient for many. Raj Rattan, Dental Director at Dental Protection said: “The Covid-19 crisis has caused significant worry and concern for dentists in Wales”.
Read more: Covid-19: Dental Protection urges Welsh Government to look again at support offer
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Published: Friday, 15 May 2020 08:30
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The BDA says it is taking urgent legal advice in respect to insurers not paying insurance claims made by dentists in regard to business interruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have instructed law firm Brown Rudnick LLP to examine insurance policies affecting dental practices.
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Published: Thursday, 14 May 2020 07:13
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Nothing has changed in relation to the guidance offered by the various UK administrations on the provision of dentistry. Although it might appear that new regulations permit the reopening of dental practices in England, this is not the case, says the BDA. Additionally, ‘Dentists must not be pressured into overprescribing antibiotics,’ says Susie Sanderson.
Read more: COVID-19: Update: Dentistry still in lockdown
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Published: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 09:54
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The BDA has raised the lack of PPE in urgent treatment centres and minister, Jo Churchill, said the Governmnet was ‘aware’ of the problem. In the Scottish Parliament a Labour MSP raised the financial problems of practices there and asked when they could re-open. Plus dentists in Northern Ireland have volunteered to work in care homes.
Read more: COVID-19: Update: Minister admits there has been delay getting PPE to dentists
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Published: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 15:42
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Hundreds of dentists and dental care professionals have signed up to a brand new training resource to support dental teams in England going to work in Urgent Dental Care (UDC) centres. A group of dental professionals working in all sectors of dentistry combined their skills and knowledge to create the training which is now available on the ProDentalCPD platform.
Read more: Race against time to deliver Covid-19 training modules
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Published: Monday, 11 May 2020 17:50
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The Prime Minister has followed up his address to the nation by publishing its 60-page Covid-19 recovery strategy. It does appear that the earliest that dental practices could resume anything like normal service is July 4 2020. This will be up to NHS to decide in all four countries. The Chancellor will make a statement tomorrow on the financial implications.
Read more: COVID-19: Update: July 4th 2020 return to work for UK dentists?
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