With a focus on the access crisis and contractual changes, the potential of preventive dentistry has taken something of a back seat. A good deal of the current backlog of untreated disease might have been prevented by nationwide fluoridation.
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War in the Ukraine. The biggest rise in Bank Rate for 27 years. Festering conditions at ports and airports with the rail network grinding to a halt as unions strike for cost of living pay rises. Over six million people waiting for hospital treatment…
The indemnifier, Dental Defence Union (DDU) has revealed that legal costs in dental negligence claims can be double the amount of compensation paid to patients. In cases with a settlement under £10,000 it is likely that costs will exceed the actual settlement.
Read more: DDU Press For Reforms To Legal Fees In Negligence Claims
On the day that the Bank of England raised its lending rate by five basis points (.5%) to 1.75% - the highest increase for 27 years – it also issued a warning that inflation was poised to bust through the 13% barrier early in 2023. Coinciding with the announcement, the British Dental Association (BDA) has written to health departments across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales seeking a 15% uplift.
Dental Protection has shared guidance to help dental practice owners thwart vicarious liability and non-delegable duty of care claims.
Read more: Thwarting Vicarious Liability – Dental Protection Shares Useful Guidance.
Readers above a certain age will remember only too well queueing up to ‘open wide’ for an examination by the school dental service.
Read more: Cochrane Review Questions The Effectiveness Of School Dental Screening
The BDA Benevolent Fund has announced that it processed an increase in applications for help during and following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more: BDA’s Benevolent Fund Records Surge In Applications
Eddie Crouch, Chair of the BDA Principal Executive Committee is probably the most high profile member of the BDA top team, and is frequently interviewed and quoted. He has had a letter published in The Guardian, it was not entirely about dentistry.
Read more: Learn From Government’s Mistakes In Dentistry, Warns Eddie Crouch
English dentists trying to predict what lies in store for them could do a lot worse than speak to their Welsh colleagues. The BBC News website is now carrying a story headlined, “NHS: Dentist check-ups in Wales cut to once a year”