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Published: Tuesday, 12 May 2015 07:27
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Professor Nairn Wilson CBE has been inaugurated as the British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) 129th President in a ceremony on the opening day of the Association’s annual conference in Manchester. Commenting on his inauguration Professor Wilson said: “In accepting the office of President of the Association, I dedicate myself to serve the Association to the best of my ability.”
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Published: Monday, 11 May 2015 07:27
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The FGDP (UK) has launched its Open Standards Initiative, which offers all dental professionals access to the highly regarded standards and guidance documents produced by them whether they are members of the Faculty or not. The Dean, Trevor Ferguson, said: “We want our standards and guidance documents to reach the widest possible audience for the benefit of the profession and the patients we treat.”
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Published: Saturday, 09 May 2015 14:20
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In a session held at the British Dental Association conference in Manchester three of the authors of the 2009 Steele Review of NHS Dentistry examined the progress of contract reform over the past six years. Professor Steele said: “The development of viable prototypes is now a very important step. It is fair to say that the type B prototypes, where disease prevention and management are grouped together under capitation, are probably closest to the approach that we had envisaged.”
Read more: Type B prototypes closest to Jimmy Steele’s vision
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Published: Friday, 08 May 2015 15:29
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The British Dental Association’s (BDA) Mick Armstrong has issued a rallying cry to dentists to throw off the image of “the quiet profession” and rise to the challenge in the next parliament. The Chair of the Principal Executive Committee used his address to BDA Conference in Manchester to outline key strategic priorities for the BDA, including a focus on dental regulation, contracts and workforce morale.
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Published: Thursday, 07 May 2015 07:37
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Several dentists are standing for election to Parliament in the General Election today. GDPUK wishes them all luck.
Sir Paul Beresford, well known as a dentist and Conservative MP, has a safe seat in Mole Valley. Three other dental colleagues are standing too.
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Published: Wednesday, 06 May 2015 07:26
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Dental practice-owners may need to draw on their powers of compromise in order to comply with the new rules on Shared Parental Leave (‘SPL’), says NASDAL. This allows parents to share up to 50 weeks’ leave in their child’s first year. The new rules apply to parents whose child is due to be born on or after 5 April 2015, allowing parents to share up to 50 weeks’ leave between them in a single continuous period or discontinuous, returning to work between periods of leave, before their child’s first birthday.
Read more: New rules allow new parents to spread out their leave says NASDAL
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Published: Tuesday, 05 May 2015 07:26
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In an interview with Fiona Sandom, president of the British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT), the former CDO, Barry Cockcroft said that many dentists tend to overestimate the public’s concern about receiving their oral health care from other members of the dental team. He also said that any reluctance by patients to receive treatment from a dental hygienist or dental therapist instead of a dentist would be ‘unusual’.
Read more: Ex-CDO shows support for dental therapists
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Published: Tuesday, 05 May 2015 07:24
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The newly-constituted Young Dentists Committee met for the first time on 10 April and elected a new chair, Harman Chahal, and two vice-chairs, Ursala Jogezai and Sami Stagnell. Kevin Opoku-Dapaah completes the YDC Executive. Chair Harman Chahal said: “I'm honoured to be the first elected chair for the YDC and I really look forward to working with committee on some of the big issues affecting young dentists.”
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Published: Thursday, 30 April 2015 07:55
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The British Dental Industry Association (BDIA) has announced the launch of a completely re-designed version of its website, www.bdia.org.uk Its features include a new look, better user experience with enhanced content, navigation and new functionality. All this together with greater optimisation for mobile devices will allow both BDIA members and the wider dental profession to interact more easily with the Association online.
Read more: BDIA unveils re-designed website
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