The consensus that the UDA system should go has grown since its conception and now even MPs and the ministers in control seem to agree.
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Part of a busy GDP’s career progression was that the high speed drills and ultrasonics which they used, became quieter after a few years. Perhaps not so much as a result of improved technology but their users becoming increasingly deaf. Or so many dentists assumed.
As widely reported on GDPUK and across the mainstream media, NHS dentistry is facing an exodus of dentists and practices.
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GDPUK has been tracking some of the twists, turns and misinformation of NHS England’s much publicised 50 million emergency plan for NHS dentistry.
Dental surgeons are no strangers to stress and anxiety, but the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftershock has poured rocket fuel on the levels of anxiety experienced the profession’s younger clinicians.
It’s the ‘phone call that every dental practice dreads. “Hello, this is the CQC, we’re calling to advise you that we propose to inspect your practice on...”
The ’Father of the House’ MP Peter Bottomley (CON, Worthing West) is the latest parliamentarian to add his weight to the growing crusade for the NHS dental crisis to be addressed, and fast.
Read more: Father Of The House’s Impassioned Plea For Dentistry
Two pieces of recent news might just bring a glimmer of hope to the many practices trying to find dentists to fill their vacant posts, but with a third having the opposite effect. All involve the GDC.
Hello Haleon and farewell GSK. A new home for Sensodyne, Pronamel, Biotene and Corsodyl as well as Aquafresh and Poligrip