GDPUK has been tracking some of the twists, turns and misinformation of NHS England’s much publicised 50 million emergency plan for NHS dentistry.
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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
Rodericks Dental Group has been bought by the private equity group CapVest.
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.
Read more: Profession Now Faces “Real Uncertainty” After PM’s COVID Announcement
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.
Read more: British Dentist Carries Out His Own Implant Surgery