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Published: Sunday, 05 August 2018 20:26
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Bupa has announced the acquisition of nine new practices bringing the total number of sites acquired this year to fourteen. The means that Bupa has acquired 14 practices in the UK and Republic of Ireland so far in 2018. Catherine Barton, general manager for Bupa Dental Care, commented, “With steady forecast growth, we’re confident in the long-term success of the dental market.”
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Published: Thursday, 02 August 2018 07:33
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Dentists and economists earn the most money from their university degree, new data has suggested. Analysis from the Office for National Statistics says such professions can expect a median salary of between £37,900 and £47,300 within five years of leaving university.
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Published: Wednesday, 01 August 2018 07:48
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The City Editor of The Times has reported that dental businesses fear a “catastrophe” if a tax investigation into thousands of their staff determine that dentists who claim to be self-employed are actually full-time employees, ‘potentially costing the industry millions in extra costs’. Dental accountant, Alan Suggett, told the paper that “What HMRC is doing is dangerous.”
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Published: Tuesday, 31 July 2018 07:50
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According to an article in the Guardian BDA chair Mick Armstrong apparently accused homeless people of being “no-hopers” and suggested it was sometimes acceptable to deny them treatment. He did so in an email to a colleague, which was mistakenly copied into Labour MP, Stella Creasy, who had raised the issue of the homeless accessing care in the House of Commons.
Read more: Row erupts on social media over Mick Armstrong quotes on homeless
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Published: Monday, 30 July 2018 07:37
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A Derby man has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 by the courts after being found guilty of illegally tooth whitening, that left woman ’in pain’. A London man, Jeffery Lehmann, has been ordered to pay more than £15,000, after having his previous conviction for illegal tooth whitening upheld. The failed appeal related to a 2017 conviction.
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Published: Monday, 30 July 2018 07:36
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The Department of Health and Social Care has announced that up to 50 practices in England will be selected to join the 73 currently testing the prototype contracts. They claim that the dental care approach to be expanded after trial reduces tooth decay. They also say the new practices will be joining a ‘scheme for prevention-focused dental care following successful results where it has been tested’.
Read more: More prototypes announced
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Published: Thursday, 26 July 2018 07:35
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The latest statistics from the NASDAL (The National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) Practice Goodwill Survey have been released. The survey for the quarter ending 30th April 2018 shows a mixed picture across the country and a number of practices seeming to benefit from large corporate buyer competition.
Read more: Mixed picture from practice goodwill values survey
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Published: Tuesday, 24 July 2018 17:34
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The Government has accepted a recommendation by the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) that dentists’ pay should be increased by 2%. However, it is not proposing to backdate that uplift to the usual April date, instead delaying implementation until October to cut costs. The BDA is not impressed.
Read more: Pay rise fails to impress dentists
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Published: Tuesday, 24 July 2018 07:39
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Lord Blencathra, who was a minister over 20 years ago has said that Britain is becoming a nation of “fat, idle people who will bankrupt the NHS”, he described obesity as “a lifestyle choice”. But current health minister, Lord O’Shaughnessy, said: “It should be thought of as a disease, if not an epidemic, because it appears to be catching.”
Read more: Former minister says obesity is “a lifestyle choice”
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