Five days into the new NHS dental financial year, NHS England has finally revealed what UDA targets GDPs will face in the next three months.
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Dentists working in the UK, particularly those staring down the barrel of their March 31st NHS targets, may feel that things are better for the profession in other countries.
Once again NHS England have been caught out by the completely unpredictable arrival of the month of April.
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An investigation by GDPUK has revealed that the General Dental Council’s plans for its own regulatory reform appear to be at an advanced stage.
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The spiralling cost pressures on dental practices will ratchet up again on Thursday as free Lateral Flow tests stop being available for routine COVID-19 testing.
Visitors to the BDIA Dental Showcase at London’s Excel centre had the opportunity to listen to two English Chief Dental Officers. While suitably sponsored former CDO Barry Cockcroft popped up to promote a toothpaste, his successor Sara Hurley was scheduled to deliver a keynote address in the Clinical theatre.
Without more financial support, NHS dentistry across the border will ‘Wither on the vine’ according to the British Dental Association Wales.
The BDIA Dental Showcase exhibition marked the return of one of the UK’s largest two day trade shows, last week. The previous event was in 2019, Showcase at the London Excel, it gave dental teams a chance to remind themselves how it feels to meet and network without opening Teams or Zoom.
The GDC does more than just collect registration fees and run the FtP process.