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Published: Thursday, 13 January 2022 23:14
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The long-running TV programme ’The Apprentice’ last night tasked the teams to design an electric toothbrush aimed at children. Amy’s sub team turned Francesca’s vision of a plain orange children’s toothbrush into an out of this world design. Tasked with creating a toothbrush aimed at children, the boys come up with a magical idea.
Read more: BBC Apprentice Candidates Design Electric Brushes
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Published: Thursday, 13 January 2022 11:19
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Nearly 1,000 dentists left the NHS last year, revealed in response to a parliamentary question. The question was posed by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, who represents the Kingston & Surbiton constituency which lost 91 NHS dentists.
Read more: Regional Press On Alert - 1000 Dentists Quit NHS in 2021
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Published: Monday, 10 January 2022 10:51
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NHS dental practices were recently told to meet 85% of their pre-COVID UDA activity levels & 90% for UOA activity or face financial penalties. Despite the BDA at the time condemning the decision to impose these targets NHS England (NHSE) have not backed down and the BDA’s concerns seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
Read more: BDA calls for NHS England to rethink the UDA & UOA targets
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Published: Saturday, 08 January 2022 20:07
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In Wednesday’s round of Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson was asked by Labour’s Navendu Mishra what he would do to reduce backlog of NHS dental appointments and increase the number of NHS dentists across England.
Read more: Boris lies about record investments 'into dentistry, into the NHS'
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Published: Wednesday, 05 January 2022 09:35
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The Government is set to announce a relaxation of Covid testing rules as part of efforts to shorten isolation periods and ease staffing shortages, the Daily Telegraph reports, amidst reports that staffing shortages across the economy are ‘crippling’ Britain.
Read more: Some relaxation of Covid testing rules reported - will it help dental practices?
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Published: Wednesday, 05 January 2022 08:22
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The government has quietly diverted funds from the soft drinks levy which was targeted to tackle childhood obesity and improve children’s health to the general tax pot.
Read more: Government’s broken promise on sugar tax
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Published: Monday, 03 January 2022 14:28
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A new scheme to help secondary schoolchildren on Jersey, who are not usually entitled to free dentistry, but whose dental care has been disrupted by Covid-19 has been introduced by their government. This contrasts with the situation in England where the number of children able to access NHS dentistry has declined dramatically.
Read more: New Covid Dental Scheme For Children On Jersey
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