At the end of another turbulent year for the profession GDPUK has carefully looked into the future and can now set out it‘s predictions for the dental year to come. That, or someone forgot to put the lid back on the cold cure monomer*
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The Mirror has been one of the papers giving heaviest coverage to the NHS dental access crisis. Its ‘Dentists for all‘ campaign was launched early in 2024 with support from the BDA.
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Stories of illegal practice, particularly from the USA are not unheard of. But a recent case puts a different perspective on this activity.
According to prosecutors, a 70-year-old Long Island woman allegedly turned her kitchen into an illicit dental surgery, in one case extracting five teeth from a patient who had paid her nearly $2,000.
The GDC has spent a lot of time, effort, and registrant‘s money looking at how it can update the standards it provides. As of the 30th September 2024, there were 123,444 dental professionals on the register and the GDC sets standards that they must all follow. Failure to meet them is likely to have consequences, particularly repeated failures.
It‘s the pantomime season again and the GDC have been looking in the mirror and asking for some positive feedback. The results of the GDC stakeholder survey 2023 have now been published and the results suggest that there has been a ‘modest‘ improvement in how the regulator is viewed since the last survey in 2020.
Dental payment plan provider Denplan has published a new ‘white paper‘ detailing proposals gathered from its member dentists to address ‘the Future Of Dentistry‘.
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The profession‘s negotiators have been very clear. NHS dentistry has been sitting at the bar of the last chance saloon for a while.
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As the professions representatives begin to worry that their post-election meeting with Wes Streeting will be looked back on as a high point, the dental headlines look very familiar.
Lord Toby Harris will complete his four year term on the council of the GDC and Chair of the Council in September 2025.