| “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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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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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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Following the elections on May 5 in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, new health ministers have been appointed the two latter countries, Edwin Poots in Northern Ireland and Lesley Griffiths in Wales. Nicola Sturgeon MSP retains her post in Scotland, but there is a new shadow minister, Jackie Baillie MSP. |
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