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Published: Thursday, 16 February 2017 12:17
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Denplan has announced that it is to rebrand as Simplyhealth Professionals. Out will go the ‘Apple’ logo, but care plans such as ‘Denplan Essentials’ will retain the name. Caroline Coleman, who took over as managing director from Stephen Gates recently said: “Our member dentists will continue to benefit from having access to the same great products and services.”
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Published: Thursday, 16 February 2017 07:43
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NHS England, the Government, and the BMA have reached agreement on changes to the GP contract in England. The new agreement includes an increased focus on some of the most vulnerable, with tailored annual reviews offered to frail pensioners, and an increase in the number of health checks for people with learning disabilities.
Read more: New contract for GPs agreed
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Published: Wednesday, 15 February 2017 07:38
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Salford dentist and professional boxer Arthif Daniel aka Dr Hitman is preparing for his next professional bout at Victoria Warehouse, Manchester on February 18. Arthif told a local paper that he had always dreamt of becoming a professional fighter. Although he elected to dedicate his younger years to study and fulfil his passion to become a dentist, he never fell out of love with the sport.
Read more: Boxer dentist from Salford prepares for next fight
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Published: Tuesday, 14 February 2017 07:48
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Steve Williams, Clinical Services Director at {my}dentist, a member of the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has debated the implications of Brexit, on the ADG website. He speculates on what some of the consequences could mean for dentistry, ‘which looks as though it is the area of NHS care that is most heavily dependent on EU graduates’.
Read more: How corporates view the consequences of Brexit
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Published: Monday, 13 February 2017 07:57
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British efforts to tackle obesity could be rendered futile by a European Union deal that threatens to flood the market with cheap sugar, experts have warned. Campaigners fear the reform, called a “threat to public health”, will allow companies to absorb government measures such as the Soft Drinks Levy, aimed at forcing a reduction in sugar content.
Read more: EU deal could soften effect of new sugar levy
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Published: Monday, 13 February 2017 07:52
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Alison Lockyer has been elected as Chair of the BDA’s Education, Ethics and the Dental Team (EEDT) Working Group, at a meeting of the BDA’s governing board, the Principal Executive Committee (PEC). The meeting also saw the re-election of Mick Armstrong as Chair of the PEC and Eddie Crouch as Vice-Chair.
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Published: Monday, 13 February 2017 07:48
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Steve McCabe MP for Birmingham Selly oak continued his probing of Health Ministers with questions on the costs of hospitalisation for extractions and the need to improve oral health. Two Conservative MPs questioned ministers about the failures of Capita.
Read more: Parliamentary questions w/e 10 Feb 2017
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Published: Friday, 10 February 2017 12:38
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The biggest shake-up of health regulation for more than a century is being planned by ministers according to a report in The Times. Under proposals to be published soon some of them could be merged, including the GDC. The Times has now published letters by Mick Armstrong chair of the BDA and well-known GDP Charles Lister giving their opinions on this proposed change.
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Published: Thursday, 09 February 2017 07:50
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The Department of Health has launched plans to impose fixed limits on fees charged by lawyers for lower value negligence claims. Introducing Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims highlights that 36% of clinical negligence claims against the NHS relates directly to the cost of litigation. The plans, if implemented, will reduce the cost of claims by streamlining the litigation process.
Read more: Limits on legal fees in health cases proposed
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