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Published: Thursday, 27 March 2025 09:53
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The four nations of the UK may need four health ministers and four different systems of payment for NHS dental care, but they seem to manage with a single source for a good deal of clinical guidance.
Read more: Treatment of Child Caries: Guidance Changes
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Published: Tuesday, 25 March 2025 09:49
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Written by Peter Ingle
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The change to having Integrated Care Boards commissioning primary dental care was always going to offer as many threats as opportunities.
Read more: The Only GDP on an Integrated Care Board
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Published: Tuesday, 25 March 2025 07:33
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Written by Peter Ingle
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GDPUK readers may have seen posts chronicling recent difficulties with the CQC. A failure of the portal required to communicate with the regulator has not been the only challenge.
Read more: CQC Wasted £99 million on Failed “Transformation”
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Published: Tuesday, 25 March 2025 07:21
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Written by Peter Ingle
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For those struggling to keep up with the GDC‘s legal failings, yet another judge has given the GDC yet another severe rebuke.
Read more: Judge Gives GDC Severe Rebuke
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Published: Monday, 24 March 2025 09:42
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Written by Peter Ingle
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After a steady stream of stories from across the profession about practices struggling to remain viable, a new survey provides a generally more positive snapshot, at least for associates.
Read more: Accountants Paint a Positive Picture for Associates
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Published: Thursday, 20 March 2025 08:41
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Written by Peter Ingle
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Overall, NHS dental access may appear to be on a downward trajectory, but there are also accounts of recovery. In Somerset, recent stories have reflected both aspects of the state of NHS dentistry.
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Published: Thursday, 13 March 2025 14:51
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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The announcement earlier this month by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) of an £11 million investment ringfenced to improve children‘s oral health in England, has been warmly welcomed by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD).
Read more: BSPD Welcomes Government's £11M Investment in Children's Oral Health
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Published: Wednesday, 12 March 2025 14:38
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Written by Peter Ingle
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It is not every day that the “The biggest quango in the world” gets terminated. But that may be the reason that history remembers NHS England.
Read more: Farewell NHS England
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Published: Wednesday, 12 March 2025 09:44
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Written by Peter Ingle
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We owe the arrival of ‘clawback‘ in the dental lexicon to the 2006 UDA contract. Although those working outside the NHS might feel that this is something that will never darken their financial spreadsheets, a recent legal case could give them pause for thought.
Read more: A Different Type of Clawback