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Published: Thursday, 15 January 2015 07:33
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has called on the Chair of the Commons Health Select Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, to institute an inquiry into the General Dental Council (GDC). Meanwhile Health Minister, Dr Dan Poulter, said he takes ‘a keen interest in the performance of the professional regulators’ and has raised the matter of the GDC’s performance with them.
Read more: GDC failings move to Parliament
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Published: Tuesday, 13 January 2015 17:53
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Action is needed to improve children’s oral health after almost 26,000 children were admitted to hospital last year for tooth extractions, the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons has warned. The number of children who did not see an NHS dentist in England was double that of Scotland, it reported. The Dean, Professor Nigel Hunt, said: “It is unacceptable that so many children are being hospitalised from tooth decay when the disease is preventable.”
Read more: Action needed on children’s oral health says RCS
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Published: Tuesday, 13 January 2015 07:31
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Although it is unlikely that a patient with symptoms of Ebola will present at a dental practice or clinic for either routine or urgent care, dentists and their teams may see patients who have recently travelled from areas affected by the disease. Public Health England has therefore issued guidance for dentists on how to treat such patients,which can be downloaded from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ebola-advice-for-dental-care-teams
Read more: Public Health England issues Ebola guidance for dentists
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Published: Monday, 12 January 2015 08:01
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has released figures showing that 2,092 dentists did not renew their registration in January this year. This compares with 1,455 at the same time in 2014. William Moyes, GDC chairman, marked the New Year with a letter to registrants, defending the stance he has taken.
Read more: 637 more dentists leave register in 2015
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Published: Friday, 09 January 2015 17:49
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A pilot scheme is being launched this month which will aim to ensure that concerns about dentist's performance are handled where appropriate by the local NHS in England, rather than by the General Dental Council (GDC). Chief Executive and Registrar, Evlynne Gilvarry, said: “The scheme has the potential to enable the GDC to focus more of its resources on cases where patients are at risk because the dentists' fitness to practise may be impaired.”
Read more: GDC launches pilot scheme for way to handle NHS complaints locally
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Published: Friday, 09 January 2015 08:02
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The Children's Food Campaign has published figures showing that the introduction of a 20 pence per litre duty on sugary drinks would benefit Londoners' health, as well as save the NHS in London £39 million over twenty years. However another report says that Britain ‘is falling out of love with fruit juice’, according to a report which found that sales fell after campaigns about their high sugar content.
Read more: Call for tax on sugary drinks
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Published: Thursday, 08 January 2015 07:48
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A recent survey of Lithuanian dentists found that one third of them work long hours and lack patients. Many dentists practice in multiple locations and plan to retire after the official retirement age. Some dentists and dental specialists plan to emigrate. The perceived shortcomings within the dental care system and workforce planning of dentists need to be addressed, the researchers say.
Read more: Lithuanian dentists have problems
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Published: Wednesday, 07 January 2015 08:05
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The Nottingham Post has reported dentists’ concerns about the high number of UDAs disgraced dentists Desmond D’Mello had to provide. Two Nottinghamshire dentists have said most dentists are expected to perform 7,000 UDA’s per year. But an NHS contract report showed Mr D’Mello’s two-person practice was contracted to do 29,000 UDA’s in 2014-15.
Read more: Dentists’ concerns over D’Mello’s workload
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Published: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 07:48
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The on-going police investigation into the thefts at 2014’s BDIA Showcase has resulted in the Metropolitan Police force releasing photos of the suspects. Around £130,000 worth of handpieces were taken from the NSK and Bien-Air stands on the evening of Thursday 9 October, after the show had closed to dental professionals.
Read more: Police release photos of Showcase robbery suspects
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