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Published: Friday, 05 July 2024 09:38
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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Over recent years, the news and forum pages of GDPUK have chronicled the perilous state of NHS dentistry across many regions of the UK. Week in, week out, we’ve heard of practices returning their contracts, of patients resorting to going abroad, not for whitening and veneers, but for the ’basics’. Of practices closing because they can’t recruit the clinicians and staff they need. And in some cases, closing because their income simply does not cover their expenditure.
Read more: Not Just Dentistry: The Scale Of The Problem Confronting The New Government
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Published: Thursday, 04 July 2024 07:57
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Written by Peter Ingle
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If everything goes to plan for Wes Streeting, by Monday 8th July 2024 he will be Minister of State for Health and Social Care. It will be a busy day, but he has already spoken about one of the things on his ‘to do’ list: “So we’re going to have to negotiate a new dentistry contact. I’ve committed to getting the BDA in on the Monday after the general election if we win because I see it as that big a priority.”
Read more: Looking Beyond UDAs
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Published: Wednesday, 03 July 2024 12:01
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Two days before a general election the GDC have quietly announced a change to one much criticised aspect of their Fitness to Practice process.
Read more: Eleven Months Later, GDC Act On Coroner's Serious Concerns
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Published: Tuesday, 02 July 2024 07:57
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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Few dentists have not had to ’pick up the pieces’ for patients who have presented with post operative issues following cosmetic dental treatment undertaken abroad. Patients enticed by ’packages’ offering ’eight veneers from £1600’ regularly surface on consumer affairs programmes.
Read more: Health Tourism: Medics' Concerns Mirror Dentists'
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Published: Monday, 01 July 2024 17:12
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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The boss of the Care Quality Commission, Ian Trenholm, has left the organisation. The regulator announced on June 25th that Mr Trenholm had signalled his intention to resign as Chief Executive ’at the end of the month’. It is understood his last working day was Friday 28th June.
Read more: CQC Chief Executive Quits With Immediate Effect
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Published: Friday, 28 June 2024 08:53
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The rules of supply and demand should be fairly simple, but they fail to explain the results of a recent survey by Which? magazine.
Read more: Surge Pricing Affects Toothpaste
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Published: Wednesday, 26 June 2024 07:36
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Governments and health providers, understandably, like simple solutions. They can be low cost, easy to set up, staff and run. As a bonus, a general public with short attention spans are more likely to understand and appreciate them than more complex or nuanced offerings. This might explain the renewed focus on tooth brushing in schools, with two new stories showing that rolling out brushing instruction is becoming an on-trend dental public health activity.
Read more: Toothbrushing, Easy Political Answer or Meaningful Prevention?
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Published: Tuesday, 25 June 2024 08:30
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Written by Peter Ingle
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“It is sometimes suggested to us that the GDC inflates concerns out of all proportion to their seriousness, often progressing cases all the way to a hearing when they could be resolved earlier.” So writes Clare Callan on the GDC website. Clare is the Associate Director of Fitness to Practice (FTP) at the GDC.
Read more: Positive News from the GDC
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Published: Monday, 24 June 2024 07:48
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Politicians love catchy slogans and soundbites. It may be too early to know what expressions the current election will bring to a wider audience, though readers may remember “education, education, education” from 1997, and smile wistfully when they recollect the promise of “strong and stable” leadership, in 2017.
Read more: Popular Myths: Unicorns, the Tooth Fairy, and NHS Dentistry For All.
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