The spiralling cost pressures on dental practices will ratchet up again on Thursday as free Lateral Flow tests stop being available for routine COVID-19 testing.
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Visitors to the BDIA Dental Showcase at London’s Excel centre had the opportunity to listen to two English Chief Dental Officers. While suitably sponsored former CDO Barry Cockcroft popped up to promote a toothpaste, his successor Sara Hurley was scheduled to deliver a keynote address in the Clinical theatre.
Without more financial support, NHS dentistry across the border will ‘Wither on the vine’ according to the British Dental Association Wales.
The BDIA Dental Showcase exhibition marked the return of one of the UK’s largest two day trade shows, last week. The previous event was in 2019, Showcase at the London Excel, it gave dental teams a chance to remind themselves how it feels to meet and network without opening Teams or Zoom.
The GDC does more than just collect registration fees and run the FtP process.
Conservative MP Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley) closed his dental practice to carry out ‘urgent safety improvements’ following a CQC inspection last November that revealed a catalogue of failings and shortcomings Private Eye magazine reports.
Read more: CQC Report Blasts Sir Paul Beresford MP’s Practice
Amid all the reports of questions in the commons, the media coverage and the professions take on the state of UK dentistry, patients’ opinions have often been an afterthought.
Read more: Our Patients Think That? Wide Ranging Survey Published
Dr Tony Barriere, a Los Angeles dentist, has always looked to integrate new technology in his practice and has been using 3D printing widely, but his latest piece of kit is much more exotic.
The annual Benchmarking report from NASDAL (National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) is a major fixture in the dental business calendar.
Read more: Dental accountants on 2021: “A year like no other”