GDPUK.com - Latest News

BDA warns associates on NHS pensions

Details: Published: Monday, 11 January 2016 07:40; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3311

New research by the BDA indicates that around six per cent of associates may have no pension provision despite being entitled to access the well-regarded NHS scheme. A BDA survey of its associate members who qualified since 2006 revealed that 14 per cent of dentists had opted out of the NHS pension scheme at some point over the nine year-period examined, though 6 per cent re-joined later.

No comments

s2sdefault

5 year olds eat and drink their body weight in sugar every year

Details: Published: Thursday, 07 January 2016 07:42; Written by News Editor; Hits: 9184

A new campaign has been launched by Public Health England encouraging parents to get ‘Sugar Smart’ and take control of their children’s sugar intake. A new app has been launched to help parents see how much sugar there is in everyday food and drink. It works by scanning the barcode of products and revealing the amount of total sugar it contains in cubes and grams.

No comments

s2sdefault

CDO says assertions in Telegraph letter are ‘difficult to substantiate’

Details: Published: Wednesday, 06 January 2016 07:41; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3542

Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for England, has responded to the Daily Telegraph letter signed by Tony Kilcoyne and 400 dentists many of them through GDPUK. She says that the majority of dental care professionals provide an ‘extraordinary service’ and patient satisfaction with quality and care ‘remains high’. She adds that the effects of comments in the letter ‘are not that helpful’ in giving a balanced view of the profession.

1 comments

s2sdefault

Telegraph letter picked up by media

Details: Published: Wednesday, 06 January 2016 07:40; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3048

The letter from 400 dentists, many of them members of GDPUK, published in the Daily Telegraph and the accompanying article by the paper’s social affairs editor have been taken up elsewhere in the media. It was covered on the BBC news website and articles appeared in the DailyMail and Indpenedent. Most focussed on the claim that dental health standards were falling to ‘Third World’ levels in parts of England.

1 comments

s2sdefault

Russ Ladwa to chair for BDA Health and Science Committee

Details: Published: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 07:58; Written by News Editor; Hits: 2011

Russ Ladwa is to chair the BDA's Health and Science Committee. He is a member of the BDA's PEC and was previously Dean at the FGDP and President of the Odontology Section at the Royal Society of Medicine. Russ takes a great interest in continuing education and training and has worked as postgraduate tutor.

No comments

s2sdefault

Dental implant complications highlighted in JDR

Details: Published: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 07:51; Written by News Editor; Hits: 4839

January JDR highlights dental implant complications

The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published in the January issue of the Journal of Dental Research articles that explore new evidence on the biological complications of dental implants and the great challenges associated with predictable implant therapy.

No comments

s2sdefault

Preshaw stresses links of diabetes to perio disease at BDA

Details: Published: Monday, 04 January 2016 07:46; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3767

Professor Philip Preshaw was the latest eminent scientist to address the annual BDA/BDJ Winter Lecture series. His lecture in December at the British Dental Association central London headquarters, provided an insight into the links between periodontal disease, diabetes and heart disease. The lecture was filmed and will be made available for free to all BDA members via a webcast in the New Year.

No comments

s2sdefault

Four dentists honoured in New Year list

Details: Published: Thursday, 31 December 2015 08:30; Written by News Editor; Hits: 4868

The New Year Honours list was published on December 31. Four dentists are to be honoured by HM The Queen.

Margie Taylor, Chief Dental Officer for Scotland, is appointed CBE.

Jane Davies-Slowik Associate Dental Dean, Health Education England, West Midlands and Special Care Dentist, Wolverhampton NHS is appointed MBE.

Eric Rooney Consultant in Dental Public Health, Public Health England and recently appointed Deputy Chief Dental Officer England is also appointed MBE.

Ashley Lupin from Canterbury Kent has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for humanitarian services to Medical Training in Uganda.

No comments

s2sdefault

Dentist jailed for defrauding NHS

Details: Published: Wednesday, 30 December 2015 08:54; Written by News Editor; Hits: 3629

A dentist from north-west London has been jailed for claiming payments totalling £780,000 for work which was never carried out. Jayantilal Bhikhabhai Mistry, 67, from Willesden, was sentenced to three years and ordered to pay £50,000 in costs for fraud and false accounting. Mistry admitted the fraud and paid back the money in full.

No comments

s2sdefault

More Articles ...