Beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson found himself under pressure on dental issues in the Commons yesterday, following a battering from blunt questioning posed by Labour leader Keir Starmer on the Downing Street Christmas party debacle.
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The General Dental Council’s Fitness to Practise team was “Too lean and lacked the necessary experience to maintain performance” towards the end of 2020, the FtP’s Executive Director has said.
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The British Dental Association is calling for feedback from dental practitioners on how the pandemic is continuing to impact the delivery of dental services.
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The changes to the registration procedures applicable to dentists who qualified in the European Union, appear to be beginning to bite.
Researchers in the USA have found that anti-snoring devices may improve cognitive function in individuals who suffer from mild cognitive impairment.
The emergence of the COVID-19 Omicron variant will NOT delay the UK Health Security Agency’s recent advice and the updated dental Standard Operating Procedures published last week, dental professionals were told last night.
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has ‘formally commenced’ the 2022-2023 pay round with a letter to the Chair of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Renumeration (DDRB).
Views on the General Dental Council held by dental professionals, are more negative than positive, according to the latest research commissioned by the regulator.
Within hours of dentists receiving new standard operating procedures from the Chief Dental Officer for England, there was widespread speculation on social media as to whether the newly-identified B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant of SARS-CoV-2 will be a threat to a return to normality in UK dental practice.
Read more: Will Omicron Disrupt Transition To Dental Recovery?