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Published: Wednesday, 13 June 2018 07:30

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Jeremy Hunt has accepted the findings a review into the use of gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare, which said that criminal proceedings should apply only in extreme cases of “very poor performance”. He said staff should be able to learn from their mistakes. It comes after concerns over the case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, who was struck off after the death of a six-year-old boy.

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Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2018 07:40

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The Mirror reports that ‘rising dentist fees’ are forcing patients with toothache to visit A&E and their GP doctor. They say that “Drop in NHS spending on dental care has had repercussions for patients and the resulting strain on docs and hospitals is costing tens of millions. Last week the LDC Conference likewise condemned the charges as a ‘tooth tax’.

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Published: Saturday, 09 June 2018 18:47

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The Queen’s Birthday Honours have been published.  GDPUK congratulates four recipients of the MBE.

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Dr David Crichton CRAIG Head of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Dental Patients. (Staplecross, East Sussex)

Ms Mili Ranjit DOSHI Dental Consultant, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. For services to NHS Dentistry. (London)

Mrs Ingrid PERRY Founder, Teeth Team, Yorkshire and Humber. For services to Education and Improvement of Dental Health in Young People. (Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Lt Col David Alistair WILLEY, Royal Army Dental Corps, for Military Service

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Published: Thursday, 07 June 2018 15:51

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Today dentists from across the UK have called on governments to fund dental services for residents in care homes which are often either poor or non-existent.

The annual gathering of dentists from Local Dental Committees (LDCs), held in Belfast (7-8 June), has said that commissioning dental services for vulnerable older people is rarely a priority and it is time that this shameful situation is reversed.

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Published: Thursday, 07 June 2018 07:46

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The 67^th Annual Conference of Local Dental Committees opens in Belfast today, the first time it has been held outside England. Chair, Joe Hendron, told GDPUK: “It promises to be a great Conference. I have tried make it more representative of the whole profession and I look forward to welcoming more female delegates and many younger faces.”

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Published: Wednesday, 06 June 2018 08:11

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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which could regenerate hard tissues such as dental enamel and bone. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that this new approach can create materials with remarkable precision and order that look and behave like dental enamel.

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Published: Tuesday, 05 June 2018 21:34

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“Let’s us all do what it takes for a better dental contract,” were the words of Joe Hendron at the LDC conference dinner last night, when he told delegates why he handed back his prototype contract and his disillusionment with the contract reform process. The after-dinner speaker was Callum Youngson, head of Liverpool Dental School.

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