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Published: Friday, 20 September 2024 10:38
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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When Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health & Social Care asked Lord Ara Darzi to undertake his far reaching Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England he asked the renowned cancer surgeon to make his report a ‘roadmap‘ for a Ten Year Plan which the Department aims to publish next spring.
Read more: Darzi Report: Urgent Action Required To Fix Dental Contract
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Published: Wednesday, 18 September 2024 09:45
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Written by Peter Ingle
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One reason often offered to explain the dental access crisis, is that there are not enough dentists. There is a shortage in absolute numbers, and a shortage of dentists in the areas where their services are most needed. The theory goes that the majority of dental schools which are based in major cities, may attract students from rural areas, but they will frequently stay in or near to that city after qualifying
Read more: New Norwich Dental School Plans Now Uncertain
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Published: Tuesday, 17 September 2024 09:25
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Keir Starmer has spoken of the need for change within the NHS. The message is that that simply putting more money into the current set up, will not fix all of the challenges facing the service.
Read more: £7m Toothbrushing Project Gets Green Light
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Published: Monday, 16 September 2024 10:29
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Rishi Sunak‘s flagship dentist recruitment drive has been branded “toothless” after it failed to attract a single new dentist, seven months after its launch.
Read more: Golden Hellos for NHS Dentists gets Negative Press
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Published: Thursday, 12 September 2024 16:09
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The association between oral health and general health is now well established. In particular it is now accepted that our patients with periodontal disease may be fast tracking themselves for other conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Chronic heart and kidney disease are also linked and there are increasing numbers of studies showing an association with dementia.
Read more: Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Periodontal Disease
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Published: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 09:22
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Dentistry is getting some novel media coverage, making a change from a diet of dental desert stories and Turkey teeth titillation. Approving reports have been covering the roll out of the first 60 sites in a new programme to introduce blood pressure checks at dentists and optometrists.
Read more: The Dentist Will See You Now – Roll Up Your Sleeve
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Published: Monday, 09 September 2024 09:47
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The new government has said it will keep much of the former administration‘s Dental Recovery Plan.
Shackling new graduates and mobile units may be less in favour now, but many key parts of the plan remain essential to Wes Streeting‘s ambition to improve NHS dental access.
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Published: Thursday, 05 September 2024 09:52
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The map of Britain is covered with dental deserts. There is an access crisis. Desperate patients are taking their own teeth out. MPs post bags are heaving with letters from constituents who can‘t get to see a dentist.
Read more: Gaps in the Diary in ‘Dental Desert’
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Published: Wednesday, 04 September 2024 09:14
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The statistics are familiar. The ones about children being hospitalised for general anaesthetic dental extractions. The millions unable to see a dentist in the last two years. The numbers of desperate people carrying out DIY dentistry. But even fixing the access crisis, a challenge that has defeated a succession of ministers and overwhelmed successive initiatives and recovery plans, will not be enough.
Read more: Hygiene Poverty – Another Barrier to Oral Health
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