MDU Survey: Doctors And Dentists Poised To Leave In Droves

Details: Published: Monday, 06 February 2023 10:33; Written by Guy Tuggle; Hits: 1537

A survey by the Medical Defence Union (the ‘MDU’), the indemnity provider that provides legal support to some 200,000 doctors, dental professionals and other health workers, has discovered that 40% of its clients are considering quitting the NHS because of ‘intolerable’ pressures.

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Delaying Tactics For NHS Dentists' Next Pay Award Have Officially Begun

Details: Published: Friday, 03 February 2023 14:55; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 1602

For many years one of the government’s tools to manipulate the Dentists and Doctors Review Body (DDRB) has been to miss the agreed deadlines for submitting its evidence.

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Time To Review The Review Body, Say Doctors and Dentists

Details: Published: Thursday, 02 February 2023 07:38; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 2363

The recent announcement of a 4.5% pay uplift for NHS dental contracts at a time when inflation exceeds 10%, represented a further pay cut for dentists. This is on top of the claimed 40% real-terms cut in pay since 2008/9.

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Private Dentist Opens Doors To 'Unregistered' Emergency Patients With No Charge

Details: Published: Wednesday, 01 February 2023 07:57; Written by Guy Tuggle; Hits: 2857

The owner of a well-established private dental practice in the Hertfordshire town of Ware has taken to Facebook to promote his willingness to help people in terrible pain who are unable to access an NHS dentist.

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Kevin Lewis Appointed Ambassador at College of General Dentistry

Details: Published: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 07:53; Written by Guy Tuggle; Hits: 1757

The College of General Dentistry (‘CGDent’) is the first independent college for primary care dentistry in the UK. Serving the public interest in oral health, and engaging the whole dental team, it is building on the achievements of the FGDP(UK) in setting standards for general dental care and leading dental education, and has a vision to achieve Royal College standing.

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Toothbrushing Consolation Prize for Dental Deserts

Details: Published: Monday, 30 January 2023 08:22; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 1290

With the dental access crisis continuing, and many of the government’s own MPs demanding that something is done, a variety of measures are being used to try and halt the persistent negative headlines

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Dental Patients Can Wait Up To Three Years In Scotland

Details: Published: Thursday, 26 January 2023 07:39; Written by Guy Tuggle; Hits: 2558

Pick up any newspaper, turn on any radio or television news channel, and the lengthening NHS waiting lists are never more than a news item away.

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Extra UDAs Without Strings. (Terms and Conditions Apply)

Details: Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2023 08:47; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 2560

A few hours before scheduled questions in parliament about the NHS dental access crisis, and no doubt by sheer coincidence, the CDO has revealed yet another initiative.

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Smile Direct Club and BBC Clash

Details: Published: Tuesday, 24 January 2023 07:47; Written by Peter Ingle; Hits: 6598

Direct to consumer (DTC) orthodontics is just the sort of service where the public might hope for some regulation to protect them from possible harm. For some time now the two regulators that supposedly protect the public when it comes to dentistry in the UK, have been remarkably hands off.

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