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Denplan re-launch Excel at ExCel

Details: Published: Sunday, 05 May 2013 09:32; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1227

To celebrate the official re-launch and continuing innovation of The Denplan Excel Accreditation Programme, Denplan took advantage of the BDA Conference and Exhibition’s venue at London’s ExCel Centre to hold a gala river cruise on the Thames. The new programme includes the unique Denplan Excel/PreViser Patient Assessment (DEPPA) which not only offers a current oral health status for patients, but also provides an accurate risk assessment based on the patient’s current habits and lifestyle.

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Dentist Abi Sampa wows on The Voice

Details: Published: Saturday, 04 May 2013 22:37; Written by Tony Jacobs; Hits: 4171

Dentist Abi Sampa showed the coaches how to smile on The Voice with her singing on Saturday evening on BBC. Abi, who is 27, qualified two years ago, and sang her version of the Oasis song Stop Crying Your Heart Out, adding an Asian influence.

Danny O'Donoghue was most impressed, and chose Abi to complete his team of ten in this prime time reality show.

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DPAS launches Solutions

Details: Published: Saturday, 04 May 2013 09:28; Written by Tony Jacobs; Hits: 1677

DPAS is turning heads in the profession by announcing the launch of a new initiative that gives practices the means of reaping substantial financial benefits when they switch from a competitor provider to their own DPAS-supported dental plan.

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CQC pledges to avoid box-ticking culture

Details: Published: Friday, 03 May 2013 09:06; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1718

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said that it is determined not to fall into the trap of simply ticking boxes in its inspections of health and social care providers. The CQC has said that it is looking at a wider range of information and evidence about dental practices, allowing it to make a broader assessment about quality and performance than would be possible purely on the basis of an inspection alone. It now has almost 30 dentists available to take part in inspections, CQC has confirmed.

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BDA welcomes significant changes to HTM01-05

Details: Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2013 13:05; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1959

English Department of Health has announced changes to its decontamination guidance document HTM 01-05. These changes follow long-running BDA lobbying and have been made in advance of a full review of the guidance, which the Department of Health has said will take place by the end of 2014.

The full HTM 01-05 2013 Edition and is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decontamination-in-primary-care-dental-practices

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GDC issues guidance on direct access

Details: Published: Tuesday, 30 April 2013 09:50; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1942

The General Dental Council (GDC) has issued guidance on how direct access will affect Dental Care Professionals (DCPs), see: http://tinyurl.com/cbmq5bo The guidance note explains to registrants what will and will not change with direct access and sets out what the GDC expects from registrants who choose to practise in this way.

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New guidance on sharps disposal published

Details: Published: Monday, 29 April 2013 08:30; Written by News Editor; Hits: 9641

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has published guidance on the forthcoming Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013 which will apply from 11 May 2013. The new regulations can be found at:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hsis7.htm

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Blue plaque unveiled for first woman dentist

Details: Published: Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:13; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1660

Lilian Lindsay, the first woman dentist to qualify in Britain and the first female BDA President, has been honoured with the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque at her childhood home. The plaque, which has been erected as part of the well-known scheme run by English Heritage, is in Islington at where she lived from 1872–1892. It was unveiled on 17 April 2013.

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Biggest drop in gold price for 30 years reported

Details: Published: Wednesday, 24 April 2013 19:43; Written by News Editor; Hits: 1513

Gold price has suffered its biggest one-day fall in three decades, diving through $1,400 (£913) an ounce as investors faced with a bear market turned to panic selling. In New York, gold for June delivery went as low as $1,355.50, marking an intraday fall of 9.7pc - the steepest in percentage terms since a 9.6pc loss seen in February 1983.

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