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Published: Sunday, 19 June 2011 21:34
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Dentists who volunteered as pilots for the new contract are fed up with the lack of information coming from their PCTs. A source told GDPUK that he has no idea how much he will be paid per patient under capitation and has been given little time to study the contract. Like some of his colleagues he is thinking of withdrawing from the scheme.
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Published: Thursday, 16 June 2011 16:36
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| GDPUK Exclusive news:
Dental Directory is resuming sales of whitening products with the blessing of Trading Standards. The only proviso set by Trading Standards is that these products are used by registered professionals in the surgery. The company says that although its stocks are limited, its shelves should be fully stocked within the next seven working days.
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Read more: Whitening products back on sale
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Published: Thursday, 16 June 2011 10:16
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“We have listened, we have learned, and we are improving our plans for the NHS”, said David Cameron at the relaunch of his Government’s plans for the NHS. He has accepted the core recommendations of the report from the NHS Future Forum. Plans for dentistry are largely unchanged however.
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Read more: Cameron hopes he’s fixed it
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Published: Wednesday, 15 June 2011 11:38
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As part of its campaign to raise public awareness of safety in relation to tooth whitening, the General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a new publication: Considering tooth whitening? The GDC is warning the public against tooth whitening conducted illegally by unregulated persons.
The leaflet can be found at http://tinyurl.com/6cat64r
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Read more: GDC issues warning leaflet for patients
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Published: Monday, 13 June 2011 23:11
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering undertakings offered by Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) and Associated Dental Practices (ADP) in relation to their merger, in lieu of a reference to the Competition Commission. In order to remedy competition concerns, the parties have offered to divest their practices and NHS contracts in the local areas in which the OFT identified concerns.
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Read more: OFT considering dental corporate merger
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Published: Monday, 13 June 2011 22:54
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Read more: Three dentists honoured by Queen
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Published: Thursday, 09 June 2011 11:32
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Ross Hobson and Lester Ellman have launched the Oralign Ltd orthodontic appliance. The system uses a unique method of interdental stripping with a small discreet removable appliance that doesn’t interfere with the rest of the mouth. It can be used to straighten the anterior teeth in less than 14 weeks when worn 14 hours a day including overnight.
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Read more: Ross Hobson launches Oralign Ltd
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Published: Thursday, 09 June 2011 11:04
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The Health Service Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, has named a Staffordshire dentist who has repeatedly ignored calls from professional bodies to apologise to a patient following her complaint. This is the first time Ms Abraham has published a report specifically to alert Parliament to a health care professional’s refusal to put things right following a complaint.
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Read more: Ombudsman names and shames dentist
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Published: Wednesday, 08 June 2011 22:58
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The latest report from the NHS Information Centre shows that up to 31 March 2011, for the sixth consecutive quarter, the number of NHS dental patients seen has exceeded the March 2006 baseline. However in the previous quarter up to December 2010, both courses of treatment and UDAs fell albeit by small amounts.
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Read more: Numbers seen up, treatments down
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