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Published: Wednesday, 27 August 2014 10:19
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The Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans and Directors (COPDEND) has announced that all new dental graduates who are eligible and need to complete dental foundation training to work in NHS primary dental care have now been offered a training place. 999 available posts have been filled across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with 33 extra places having been funded this year in England.
Read more: There’s room for all graduates this year
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Published: Tuesday, 26 August 2014 08:14
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Europe’s biggest dental group has seen a surge in sales, fuelled in part by buying up new practices, according to the Sunday Times. Integrated Dental Holdings, owned by the buyout firms Carlyle and Palamon, saw sales jump 17% to £408m in the year to March. It added more than 50 practices, taking its total to 585, the newspaper reported.
Read more: IDH sees turnover jump 17%
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Published: Monday, 25 August 2014 18:01
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GDPUK is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Dentistry Show, and GDPUK.com will be the exclusive media partner for the GDP Theatre 2015 at the show, being held at NEC, Birmingham, on 17th and 18th April 2015.
Read more: GDPUK teams up with Dentistry Show
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Published: Friday, 22 August 2014 09:24
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has responded to news that the General Dental Council (GDC) is to team up with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to combat ‘irresponsible’ advertising. Mick Armstrong said: “The dental regulator has just spent thousands on a campaign that is clearly at odds with its own policy on advertising. It’s time the GDC practised what it preaches.”
Read more: BDA attacks GDC over its ‘irresponsible’ advertisement
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Published: Thursday, 21 August 2014 07:24
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The Daily Telegraph has claimed that Southern Dental is being ‘circled by private equity bidders’. The chain is reported to be close to joining the growing list of British healthcare companies in private equity ownership as a sale of the business nears. CapVest and Graphite are competing for the business.
Read more: Southern Dental chain to be bought out - report
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Published: Wednesday, 20 August 2014 08:01
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The cost of compliance to the average sole dental practitioner practice has increased by 845% in the last decade according to the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers (NASDAL). Appalled by the proposed 64% increase in the cost of the General Dental Council’s annual registration fee, a NASDAL team carried out an investigation into the overall cost of compliance.
Read more: 845% increase in cost of compliance shocks NASDAL
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Published: Tuesday, 19 August 2014 07:33
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its views on potential changes to the way it regulates primary care dental services in England from 2015 onwards. Professor Steve Field, Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services, said: “Our priority is to take a more collaborative approach with our partners in order to monitor and improve dental care standards in future.” The BDA has responded positively to the statement.
To view the CQC primary care dental signposting statement and find out more about dental inspections, visit: http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/dentists
Read more: CQC sets out new plans for dental services regulation
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Published: Monday, 18 August 2014 22:20
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People all across the country are venting increasing frustration about access to and the quality of NHS dentistry services, according to Healthwatch England. Its chair Anna Bradley said: “Patients are constantly being fed confusing and inaccurate information about who is and isn’t currently offering NHS treatment.” The BDA said that the survey provides further evidence that the current dental contract in England is fatally flawed for patients and dentists alike.
Read more: Healthwatch speaks out about access to dentists
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Published: Wednesday, 13 August 2014 11:17
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The British Dental Association (BDA) has reacted to the GDC’s refusal to budge on the threatened legal challenge to its handling of the consultation into increases to the annual retention fee (ARF).
Read more: BDA glower as GDC stands by flawed consultation
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