NHS dentistry has received support from Members of Parliament during a Public Bill Committee meeting debating the Government’s Health and Care.
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The extent of the NHS dental crisis was brought home to viewers yesterday, when Dr Eddie Crouch appeared on the BBC’s Breakfast programme to outline the problems facing the dental health service.
Read more: ‘I've never seen my colleagues so demoralised” – Dr Eddie Crouch
It looks like frontline NHS England staff WILL have to be fully vaccinated against COVID, after Whitehall sources told the BBC that the Government is expected to announce a deadline will be set for next spring to give unvaccinated staff time to get both doses.
The dangers of cut-price dentistry have finally been brought to the attention of the UK general public after an investigation by a national news outlet.
The British Dental Association Scotland has said that delivering high volumes of care is ‘Simply unsustainable’ after Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Health, Humza Yousaf, sent a devastating letter to dentists, announcing that all the emergency support provided during the pandemic is to be withdrawn on April 1st next year.
Read more: Is Scotland’s Potentially Disastrous Action, A Template For England?
Dr Richard Vautrey will step down as UK and England chair of the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee when the committee meets for the first meeting of its new session in November. But the Telegraph reports growing tensions over plans to ballot doctors about taking industrial action over face-to-face appointments.
Read more: GPC chair stands down amid tensions over strike threat
The fight against unsafe remote orthodontic treatment has had a massive boost, with Europe-wide support from dental organisations joining together to declare ‘DIY Orthodontics is hazardous for patients.’
Read more: European Backing For Fight Against DIY Orthodontics
A project to understand how the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) is implemented in dentistry started by The Dental Technician (DT) has arrived at the truth: “Regulators take no action if illegally manufactured or imported dental devices are fitted to dental patients”.
Read more: Magazine uncovers disturbing evidence about illegal dental devices
As today sees the launch of Mouth Cancer Action Month, the dangers of missed dental appointments due to the pandemic backlog, has hit the news headlines.
Read more: As Backlogs Grow, Mouth Cancer Puts Lives In Danger