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Published: Friday, 17 April 2020 12:44
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NASDAL (National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) has felt that it would be useful for everyone in the profession to know where we are now from a financial perpsective, what we should have done already and what we should now be doing. The advice covers local council grants, self-employed support, actions NHS has taken, private and mixed practice, associates and furloughing.
Read more: COVID-19: NASDAL gives update on finance for practices
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Published: Friday, 17 April 2020 07:09
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The British Orthodontic Society (BOS) has just released legal guidance to assist its practice owning members, and those in the wider dental community, with the legal issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. BOS Director of External Relations, Peter McCallum commented, “We feel sure that this document will be useful to our members and the wider dental community as well.”
Read more: COVID-19: Update: BOS issues legal advice to orthodontists
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Published: Thursday, 16 April 2020 18:31
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Dental nurse, Joanne Gauntlett, was found guilty at a GDC tribunal of four misconduct breaches, having verbally abused staff at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. She left staff in tears and scared to go to work including one she told ’social services will pick their child up from school’.
Read more: GDC suspends dental nurse manager for verbally abusing staff
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Published: Thursday, 16 April 2020 16:27
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The NHS has published COVID-19 guidance and standard operating procedures for urgent dental care systems in the context of coronavirus. It covers how arrangemnts for urgent care will operate in the current circumstances. The guidance is applicable to the delay phase of COVID-19 pandemic management.
Read more: COVID-19: Update: NHS publishes guidance for urgent dental care systems
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Published: Thursday, 16 April 2020 11:34
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In reply to a written question in the House of Lords, the Government has said the current guidance does not extend business rates relief to properties providing medical services, including dental practices, which have not been required to close to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and that there were no plans to amend this guidance further.
Read more: Government gives ‘clarification’ on business rates
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Published: Wednesday, 15 April 2020 21:32
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The Practice Plan Group, which includes two of the UK’s leading membership plan providers, Practice Plan and DPAS, has announced that, in April and May, they will be giving back half of their monthly admin fee to their client practices to help them with cash flow throughout the Covid-19 crisis.
Read more: Practice Plan and DPAS to give back half of their admin fee to dentists
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Published: Tuesday, 14 April 2020 17:15
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The BDA has issued a press release, Dentists: Practices weeks from collapse without rapid action from government which has attracted much media attention. It was based on a self-selected survey in which 71.5% of practices that responded reported they could only remain financially sustainable for 3 months or less, with 1 in 5 (20.4%) estimating they can only survive the month.
Read more: BDA warns that practices are weeks away from collapse without help from Government
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Published: Friday, 10 April 2020 16:29
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The BDA has urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to reassess his deal for the self-employed or see the viability of the dental service fatally undermined - as new evidence suggests over three-quarters of dentists will receive no support from the Treasury scheme, with some left with zero income for the foreseeable future.
Read more: BDA warns Chancellor that dental service is at risk
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Published: Friday, 10 April 2020 07:34
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The BDA has again spoken (in a virtual meeting) with health minister, Jo Churchill, to discuss a number of urgent issues, including lack of progress in setting up the Urgent Dental Care system in England. Earlier in the week this was the subject of a major BBC news report. The GDC has sent an update, including its refusal to reduce the Annual Retention Fee.
Read more: COVID-19: Update: End of week round-up, BDA, BBC and GDC
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