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Published: Wednesday, 12 February 2020 07:39
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Dental Protection is pleased to confirm that it is providing indemnity to several of Bridge2Aid’s dental volunteers for their 2020 training programmes. Bridge2Aid is a charitable organisation aimed to improve access to emergency dental care by training healthcare workers in developing countries. They have a unique approach that focuses on training rather than treatment and, in doing so, creates a sustainable solution.
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Published: Tuesday, 11 February 2020 07:49
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A birthday party was held at BDA headquarters to celebrate 100 years of the Robert and Lillian Lindsay Library, which started in 1920 with 100 books and has now expanded to 28,000 loanable items. It now provides books, ebooks, journals, ejournals, literature searches, article packages, requested articles - all of which can be accessed either remotely or by visiting the library.
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Published: Monday, 10 February 2020 07:43
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The petition by Michelle Solak-Edwards asking the Government to introduce free dental care for cancer patients has been signed by 159,679 people. Her MP, Kate Green, raised the matter with the health secretary and a meeting with minister Jo Churchill, whose remit covers both cancer and dental care, has been agreed and will take place on February 26 in Westminster.
Read more: Petition to enable free dental care for cancer patients signed by 160,000
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Published: Wednesday, 05 February 2020 18:23
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Martin Woodrow has been appointed as Chief Executive of the British Dental Association on a permanent basis, having been Acting CEO since August 2018. BDA Chair Mick Armstrong said: "We are delighted to have a steady hand on the tiller at Wimpole Street. Martin joined us with a formidable track record built in trade unions and healthcare associations.”
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Published: Wednesday, 05 February 2020 08:08
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A record number of people in Scotland are registered with an NHS dentist, according to the latest figures. A total of 5.2 million people were signed up as at 30 September 2019. The figure represents 95.7% of the Scottish population, and is an increase of 2.3 percentage points on the previous year. Registration rates were similar for children and adults (94.3% and 96%).
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Published: Tuesday, 04 February 2020 07:26
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Former Health Secretary and Tory party leadership contender, Jeremy Hunt MP, has been elected to the chair of the Commons Health Select Committee. The BDA has sent him a message asking him to “reopen the inquiry into dentistry” which was instituted by his predecessor, Dr Sarah Wollaston, but ended with the general election.
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Published: Monday, 03 February 2020 08:10
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Dental Protection has told the Government that it is now time to focus on getting UK dental regulation right. Raj Rattan, Dental Director, urged the new Government to move things forward quickly saying: “Few areas of regulation in the UK are more overdue reform than healthcare professional regulation.”
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Published: Sunday, 02 February 2020 19:22
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The BDA has passed on advice to primary care practitioners from the Chief Medical Officer on the virus from China. He says that the NHS is ’extremely well-prepared and used to managing infections’ and is ’working rapidly to identify any contacts the patients had, to prevent further spread.’ As of 31 January, there were two confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in England.
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Published: Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:04
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The survey for the quarter ending 31st October 2019 has seen a big leap – again – in the goodwill as a percentage of fee income in deals done. This is the fifth quarter in a row that deals have risen – from a low of 122% of gross fees in quarter ending October 2018, to 157% of gross fees in this latest quarter. Alan Suggett, who compiles the goodwill survey, said, “It is clear that in many parts of the country that the practices sales market is still buoyant.”
Read more: NASDAL Goodwill Survey Results – deals done continue to rise
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