| Statistics for dental commissioning for the quarter ending June 2011 have been released by the Department of Health. This shows that 89.0 million UDAs were commissioned as at 30th June. This represents a decrease of 52,000 (less than 0.1%) on the UDAs commissioned as at 31st March 2011.
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No comments| The Care Quality Commission is taking steps to register practices that either missed the 1 April registration deadline or provided incomplete applications. Those operating before the deadline were invited to make a "transitional application". A small number of providers failed to do so and will be contacted from this week. |
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| Twitter has become a new way for the public to communicate health concerns according to a study published in the Journal of Dental Research. Researchers demonstrated that Twitter users are already extensively sharing their experiences of toothache and seeking advice from other users. |
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Commissioning of NHS dental services is experiencing a turbulent period as it contends with structural change in the NHS, the launch of pilots for a new dental contract and pressures on funding. The BDA survey of PCTs reflects a shifting landscape for them, in which more than a quarter of those questioned said that their commissioning functions had merged with those of other PCTs. |
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Some 26,000 fewer children are now seen by an NHS dentist than in 2004/06, despite a rise in the overall number of people paying a visit, according to the latest report from the NHS Information Centre. Other findings include a rise in the use of fluoride varnish, exempts having more Band 3 treatments than charge payers and more female dentists working in the NHS. |
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An 81-year-old retired dentist, Eric Frazer, who completed an English degree at the Leeds Metropolitan University this summer, was presented with the Allan MacGregor Memorial Prize at the ceremony. He returns to his studies next month continuing with a Psychology and Society degree. |
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| In the last health questions of this parliamentary session, Andrew Lansley said the dental pilots were specifically intended to secure a more preventive approach to dentistry. He also said they were moving from a system that simply incentivises activity to one that is much more focused on quality and outcomes. |
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| Some dental patients are having unnecessary, expensive and aggressive restorative treatment for minor cosmetic problems because porcelain crowns and veneers are being overused, warns Martin Kelleher in July’s edition of the Faculty Dental Journal (FDJ). The opinion piece, Porcelain Pornography. Which will arouse controversy in the profession can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/6ynk6ls
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| Dame Jo Williams, Chair of the Care Quality Commission, has admitted to the Commons Health Committee that the registration of dentists earlier this year was. She admitted that, as a result, she had asked for a delay for GP registration. |
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