Three dental team members have been included in the New Years Honours list. This is the first of its kind from King Charles, and continues the tradition of recognising those who have served in a wide variety of roles.
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The government’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has published official statistics looking at the effects the pandemic had on dental access.
Read more: Adult Oral Health Survey: Access During the Pandemic
In June 2022 in the High Court, Mr Justice Ritchie overturned the GDC decision to erase a young dentist. It was the second time in three years that a decision by the Council’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) had been overturned in the High Court.
The CQC have announced a delay in the introduction of their new single assessment framework.
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 one of the first things that East German dentists wanted to get from their colleagues in the West was the local anaesthetic, Articaine.
The Health and Social Care Committee has announced an inquiry into dentistry.
The cross-party Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the policy, administration and expenditure of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Fallow time. Face masks for all. Patients locked out, queuing in the cold. Interminable screening questions. Donning and Doffing (with allocated zones and ‘how to’ posters on the wall). FFP3. Telephone triaging. Aerosol procedures…
Read more: Did You Think Covid SOPs Were Excessive? Perhaps You Were Right!
Unusually, but in common with some organisations including the British Medical Association, the BDA is both a company and a trade union.
Read more: Changes At BDA Board: Returning Director Pips A Future Leader
On 18th November 2022 the World Health Organisation (WHO) published its first Global Oral Health Status Report for twenty years. The key takeaways make for disturbing reading.
Read more: WHO Report Reveals 2.5 Billion People Have Untreated Caries