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Published: Wednesday, 22 March 2017 07:34
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Announcing a ‘Shocking 24% increase in tooth extractions performed on children aged 0-4 in last decade’ Faculty Dean, Professor Nigel Hunt, said: “We’d like to see a significant proportion of the money raised through the Government’s sugar levy spent on oral health education.”.
Read more: FDS Dean calls for sugar tax money to be spent on oral health education
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Published: Tuesday, 21 March 2017 07:49
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It has been announced that Crispian Scully has died at the age of 71. He was Emeritus Professor of Special Needs Dentistry and for many years was of Dean of the Eastman Dental Institute in London (1993-2008), gaining the Queen’s Award for Higher and Further Education in 2002/2003 - the first in dentistry. Among many awards he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Read more: Professor Crispian Scully CBE has died
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Published: Tuesday, 21 March 2017 07:38
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NHS England has announced that it has promised help for GPs ‘struggling to cope’ with the rising cost of indemnity payments so that they can offer greater access for patients. The first payments from the GP Indemnity Support Scheme are set to be paid to GP practices to further offset average indemnity inflation. No such scheme has been offered to GDPs.
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Published: Monday, 20 March 2017 07:37
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Three MPs asked questions last week Imran Hussain (Lab) Bradford East asked about dental funding and the prototypes. Steve McCabe (Lab) Birmingham Selly Oak continued his probe of ministers on numbers attending for treatment. Finally, Roger Godsiff (Lab) asked about the performance of Capita.
Read more: Parliamentary questions w/e 17 March 2017
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Published: Monday, 20 March 2017 07:37
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Increases in patients’ charges from April 1, 2017, which were announced last year, have been confirmed to both the House of Commons and Welsh Assembly. They take Band 1 to £20.60, Band 2 to £56.30 and Band 3 to £244.30. BDA Wales has condemned the increase as 'without justification'.
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Published: Sunday, 19 March 2017 12:35
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Simplyhealth (formerly Denplan) has announced that it is investing £137,000 for Teeth Team the child oral health improvement programme, based in Hull. Chris Groombridge, chair of trustees for Teeth Team, said, “We are absolutely delighted to receive this momentous support and investment from Simplyhealth to our charity.
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Published: Thursday, 16 March 2017 07:39
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The Greater Manchester Mayoral race is on and the BDA has called on all candidates to pledge to tackle the city region’s status at the bottom of the national league table for oral health. Official statistics show a child in Greater Manchester is 60% more likely to end up having to be admitted to hospital to have multiple decayed teeth extracted under general anaesthesia than an average child in England.
Read more: BDA calls on next Manchester mayor to tackle child tooth decay costs
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Published: Wednesday, 15 March 2017 07:39
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Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal is to receive an Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons in recognition of her strong commitment to children’s health. She receives the Honorary Fellowship on the occasion of the Faculty’s 70th anniversary. The Dean of the Faculty has also been awarded FRCS - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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Published: Wednesday, 15 March 2017 07:37
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Britain’s most ethnically diverse jobs are taxi driver and dentist — while farmers are overwhelmingly likely to be white British. But this group accounts for less than half of taxi and cab drivers, chauffeurs and dentists, according to an analysis of the ethnic mix of occupations in England and Wales.
Read more: Dentists: an ethnically diverse profession
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