CapVest Private Equity Buys Rodericks
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- Published: Tuesday, 22 February 2022 08:06
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Rodericks Dental Group has been bought by the private equity group CapVest.
No comments No commentsProfession Now Faces “Real Uncertainty” After PM’s COVID Announcement
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- Published: Tuesday, 22 February 2022 07:36
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The British Dental Association has said that “Dentists now face real uncertainty” following Boris Johnson’s announcement in the Commons yesterday that COVID laws and free mass testing are to be swept away across England.
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British Dentist Carries Out His Own Implant Surgery
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- Published: Monday, 21 February 2022 08:34
- Written by Peter Ingle
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The newspapers and parliamentary debates have recently been full of tales of DIY dentistry. A dentist that feels the need to place his own implant might raise a few eyebrows.
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Let’s Get Serious. The GDC Compares Its FtP With Other Regulators
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- Published: Friday, 18 February 2022 17:34
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The GDC has published it’s take on cross-regulatory research into the concept of seriousness in fitness to practise cases. This would imply that the level of perceived seriousness will affect both how far an issues goes down the disciplinary pathway, and also the level of sanction applied.
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Praise For ‘Hero’ Dentist As Tribunal Decides Contents Of GDC Email Will Remain Secret
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- Published: Thursday, 17 February 2022 07:53
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An Appeals Tribunal has decided that the General Dental Council does not have to reveal the contents of an email sent by former Chair Dr William Moyes to GDC staff during the UK’s dental shutdown in 2020.
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While You Were Working, Dental News You May Have Missed
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- Published: Tuesday, 15 February 2022 15:45
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A round-up of interesting & significant recent dental news that you might have missed.
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The New Rubber Dam?
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- Published: Tuesday, 15 February 2022 07:44
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A team have invented & produced a new device to help dental practices in their safe management of the risks from aerosol borne infections.
MPs Wrestle With The NHS Dental Crisis
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- Published: Monday, 14 February 2022 07:36
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“We would not accept people having to ring around A&E departments to see if there was any space for NHS patients, so I do not see why we should accept it for dentists” - Justin Madders, Ellesmere Port & Neston (LAB).
Minister's Figures Don't Add Up
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- Published: Wednesday, 09 February 2022 19:42
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Just like busses, it seems that parliamentary debates on dentistry all come at the same time.
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