Minister gives assurances on healthcare supplies post-Brexit

Details: Published: Thursday, 11 July 2019 07:33; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3947

Health minister, Stephen Hammond MP, has given an assurance that the Government’s ‘no deal’ EU Exit contingency plans for 31 October will cover the NHS, social care and the independent sector and include all medicines, medical devices and clinical consumables, supplies for clinical trials, vaccines and countermeasures, and organs and tissues for transplants.

No comments

s2sdefault

Dental Protection responds to Government proposals on GDC reform

Details: Published: Wednesday, 10 July 2019 07:07; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3788

Almost two years since the Department of Health and Social Care launched the consultation on ‘promoting professionalism, reforming regulation’, the Government has published its response, with limited details or specific timelines. But Dental Protection has some reservations. Dental Director Raj Rattan said they were concerned that the Government has not set out clear details on what they will do next and when

No comments

s2sdefault

Hygienist lays down his scalers after 61 years

Details: Published: Monday, 08 July 2019 11:44; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3277

The Watford Observer has reported that Kenneth Walter has retired at the age of 80 after 61 years in practice, having qualified as a dental hygienist in1958. He worked at Pentonville, Wandsworth and Holloway prisons and in various practices up and down the country, most recently working at Smith and Luck surgery in Bushey.

No comments

s2sdefault

Portsmouth access crisis reaches Commons

Details: Published: Monday, 08 July 2019 07:49; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3824

During Health Questions in the House of Commons, Portsmouth MP Stephen Morgan said ‘thousands’ of his constituents would be left without access to (NHS) dental care because three practices in the city were closing. The BDA has also published a blog by Eddie Crouch who said the city no longer had a single practice that could accept new NHS patients.

No comments

s2sdefault

Government climbs down over patient charge fines

Details: Published: Friday, 05 July 2019 07:40; Written by News Editor; Hits: 7085

Following an appearance by BDA’s Charlotte Waite before the Public Accounts Committee senior health officials have acknowledged they would be abandoning the ’fines first’ policy when entitlements to free care are in doubt. The failed NHS fines regime that has hit millions of innocent and often vulnerable patients with penalty charges, a point made forcibly to the Committee by Dr Waite.

No comments

s2sdefault

Simplyhealth hires new Director of 50/50 Dental Partnerships

Details: Published: Thursday, 04 July 2019 07:43; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3037

Simplyhealth has hired a new Director, Richard Halley, to run their 50/50 dental partnerships division and lead the growth of this business area. Richard Halley has joined from Mercer, where he was based in Sydney, providing consultancy advice to a number of Australia’s largest employers. He previously worked for Simplyhealth for four years from 2005 to 2009, when he was Head of B2B and Dental Sales.

No comments

s2sdefault

Scotland endures long waits for hospital dental treatment

Details: Published: Thursday, 04 July 2019 07:41; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3574

Figures publicised by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show that the number of people enduring “agonising waits” of more than 12 weeks for hospital dental treatment in Scotland has soared. Of the 5,064 people on the waiting list at the end of March, 1,139 (22 per cent) had been waiting longer than 12 weeks, according to Scottish parliament data.

No comments

s2sdefault

BDA reveals ‘access crisis’ for NHS patients in Wales

Details: Published: Wednesday, 03 July 2019 07:40; Written by News Editor; Hits: 6062

Only one in six dental practices in Wales are offering treatment to new adult patients on the NHS, according to research by the BDA, which is campaigning for a change in the way dentists are paid. This is causing an "access crisis," they said But The Welsh Government said it was disappointing that BDA Wales had failed to recognise the significant changes they were making as part of “on-going dental contract reforms".

No comments

s2sdefault

Iniquities of tax demands on NHS pensions debated by MPs

Details: Published: Tuesday, 02 July 2019 07:28; Written by News Editor; Hits: 7224

A Westminster Hall debate on NHS pensions was introduced by Sir Robert Syms, Conservative MP for Poole. He said the current policy of reducing tax-free allowances and introducing a taper to the annual amount that can be claimed has devastating implications for the NHS, dental services and many other services in this country unless it is addressed by the Government.

No comments

s2sdefault

More Articles ...