Hygienists And Therapists To Be Given Enhanced Prescribing Powers

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Published: Monday, 08 April 2024 09:24
Written by Guy Tuggle
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Hygienists And Therapists To Be Given Enhanced Prescribing Powers

Dental Hygienists and Therapists who possess the necessary training are set to enjoy new freedoms to use medicines previously only available to them via the use of a patient specific direction (PSD) or patient group direction (PGD). They will be permitted to use previously regulated medicines under ’exemptions’. 

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Government Plans To Boost Fluoride Reach in the North East

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Published: Monday, 08 April 2024 09:14
Written by Peter Ingle
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Government Plans To Boost Fluoride Reach in the North East

The government has launched a twelve weeks ’consultation’ to canvass  opinion and support for proposals to supply an additional 1.6 million people in the North East with water containing added fluoride. Currently, around half the population in the North East enjoys the benefits of fluoride including parts of County Durham, Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne. 

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Selfie in Surgery Led to Six Year Prison Sentence

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Published: Friday, 05 April 2024 10:41
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Selfie in Surgery Led to Six Year Prison Sentence

The indemnity organisations provide regular advice warning dental professionals of the risks that can come from using their phones at work. Now a case has emerged where a patient has come to regret their own in-surgery photography. Khan Gorgulu’s photo, taken as he sat in the dentist’s chair, ended with a jail sentence.

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GDC Blog Comments on Suicides

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Published: Thursday, 04 April 2024 09:39
Written by Peter Ingle
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GDC Blog Comments on Suicides

It has been a turbulent few months at the GDC. Challenges have included: high level departures, continued pressure over its failed Fitness to Practice (FTP) process, including from its own regulator, and increased awareness of its reluctance to admit the numbers of registrants that have committed suicide during FTP. Despite this, things have recently got worse for the regulator.

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Gotcha! Leadsom Confirms £200M For Dentistry Is NOT Additional Funding

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Published: Wednesday, 03 April 2024 11:50
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Gotcha! Leadsom Confirms £200M For Dentistry Is NOT Additional Funding

Announcing its long anticipated Dental Recovery Plan, the Government repeatedly claimed that an additional £200M was being pumped into NHS dentistry to help it address the access crisis. Even the BBC News was seemingly taken in government spin, its February 7th report stating "To support the proposal, an extra £200m will be invested on top of the £3bn currently spent each year". 

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