The net profits of dentists in the financial year 09/10 were either reduced or static compared to the previous year according to the annual statistics released by the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants (NASDA). There was a relatively small increase in fee income – from £379,054 to £390,072. However, increases in materials and staff costs resulted in an overall reduction in net profit,

The General Dental Council (GDC) has appointed 51 new Fitness to Practise panel members have now joined the GDC. Ten dental care professionals (DCPs) were appointed along with 19 dentists and 22 lay members. They’ve been slowly introduced since the end of January this year and will sit on the Interim Orders, Professional Conduct, Health, Performance and Registration Appeals Committees.

Former Labour minister, Lord Hutton, has published his final report with its main recommendation is that public sector pensions should no longer be related to final salaries. Instead, by 2015 pensions should be related to average salaries over a career. This is the way in which NHS pensions of general dental practitioners are calculated so they should not be affected by the proposals.