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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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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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.
Following the annual renewal period for dentists, the GDC has revealed the number that are now on the register. For the third year in a row there has been a slight increase, when compared to the average over the last four years.
As the general conversation about the NHS begins to recognise that dramatic changes may be needed, the Government of Jersey may just have shown the shape of things to come.
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Dental teams have got used to seeing stories about dentistry in our newspapers. For over a year regular stories about lack of access and the unravelling of NHS provision have filled the pages of local and national titles.
Most clinicians encounter patients who present declaring that they’ve got such and such a condition and that they therefore need such and such a course of treatment. How do they know this? Quite possibly, because ‘Dr Google’ told them.
Two disturbing new surveys have cast a light on the impact of the cost of living crisis on the ability of people on low incomes to afford oral health care.
After months of delay the 2022/3 pay uplift for NHS dental contract values has been announced. The announcement had been postponed for months, given that the increase was meant to apply to schedules from May 2022.
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