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Dentaid golf day raises £2300

Details: Published: Wednesday, 10 July 2013 10:35; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1351

Midsummer’s Day saw Dentaid supporters gathering at Hamptworth Golf & Country Club in the New Forest to enjoy a round of golf whilst raising valuable funds for Dentaid. This annual event raised over £2300 this year which will be used to sponsor a DentaidBox; a portable dental surgery in a wheelie bin that will enable oral health workers to provide vital, pain relieving dental care to many people in disadvantaged communities.

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Time limited NHS contracts are on the table

Details: Published: Monday, 08 July 2013 07:58; Written by News Editor; Hits: 2061

The Westminster Health Forum seminar debated whether the days of NHS contracts which were not time limited were numbered. Tony Donaldson, of the Office of Fair Trading said that dentists should not expect ‘indefinite’ contracts. But Martin Fallowfield chair of the BDA PEC vigorously opposed short term contracts, pointing out that it was dentists, not Government, that put capital into practices.

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Dentist struck off for ‘gaming’

Details: Published: Thursday, 04 July 2013 11:36; Written by News Editor; Hits: 6786

A dentist has been struck off by the General Dental Council (GDC) following a public hearing by the Professional Conduct Committee. The allegations against Anjela Devi Chetty involved making claims for multiple courses of treatment instead of a single course and not informing patients that the proposed treatment was available under the NHS.

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Dentist struck off for dishonesty, false accounting and fraud

Details: Published: Thursday, 04 July 2013 10:04; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1596

A dentist has been struck off by the General Dental Council (GDC) following a public hearing into a criminal conviction. The allegations against Werner Richard Muller were heard by the GDC’s Professional Conduct Committee. Mr Muller’s last known registered address was at Fakenham in Norfolk.

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More Dental Foundation training places to be offered from July 1

Details: Published: Wednesday, 03 July 2013 10:00; Written by News Editor; Hits: 2320

Applicants to dental foundation training who are on the waiting list for places have been urged by the BDA to keep a close eye on their email accounts from 1 July onwards. That’s when the second round of allocations will take place, and with a limited response window of 48 hours. Candidates who fail to accept the offers within the allocated timeframe will lose their chance of a place for this year and thus be unable to practise in the NHS for the immediate future.

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GDC given better end of term report

Details: Published: Tuesday, 02 July 2013 12:15; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1762

After three years of adverse reports from its regulator, the General Dental Council (GDC) has shown some improvements especially in its fitness to practise procedures. However the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) found that the GDC had not met one of the nine standards and more is expected of the GDC next year.

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Dental schools encouraged by high clinical academic numbers

Details: Published: Monday, 01 July 2013 09:10; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1394

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Dental out of hours responsibility of NHS England

Details: Published: Friday, 28 June 2013 11:08; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1742

Health Minister, Dr Daniel Poulter, has confirmed that responsibility for out-of-hours dental care is now the responsibility of NHS England, since the closing on PCTs on March 31. In London, calls are forwarded to a dental nurse triage service, which is available 10 pm on Monday to Friday and from 9 am to 10 pm at weekends and on bank holidays.

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Dental Protection applauds GDC’s stress-busting approach

Details: Published: Thursday, 27 June 2013 07:47; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1726

Dental Protection reports that the General Dental Council recently chose to demonstrate their awareness of the stress experienced by registrants under investigation by the Council. It is the GDC’s declared intention to address some of the serious issues that are contributing to the levels of stress; such as the long delay before a hearing can proceed, the length of time a hearing can last and the large number of individual allegations brought against a registrant.

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