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).
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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.
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The Office of the Chief Dental Officer for England (OCDO) has now published its latest Transition to recovery Standard operating procedure guidance.
The UK Health Security Agency, a body set up following the demise of Public Health England, has issued new guidance, COVID-19: infection prevention and control dental appendix for practices and relaxations on the tight controls that have been in operation over the last 18 months.
Uncertainty surrounding the likely uptake of the COVID-19 vaccination by dental staff is leaving practice owners anxious at the possibility of staff shortages.
Read more: COVID Vaccination Uptake By Dental Staff Causes Workforce Concerns
Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt has stepped into Portsmouth and Gosport’s NHS dental access crisis as the morale among dentists serving the area is described by a Local Dental Committee chair as “Really very low.”
Read more: Penny Mordaunt Calls For Expansion Of Dental Teaching In The South
A dentist who practised in Westminster, has today been sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment suspended for two years, after admitting falsely claiming over £74,000 from the National Health Service following an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHS CFA).
Dentistry has been named as the only part of the NHS to experience an increase in antibiotic prescribing in 2020.
Read more: Dental Antibiotic Prescribing Increases Ahead Rest Of NHS