Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference this week, which exclaimed “It’s time to level up on health,” failed to contain a single reference to dentistry.
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The widely reported story of an unnamed Suffolk woman who extracted six of her own teeth because she couldn’t access NHS dentistry has been followed by numerous fresh tales of access problems in the UK.
The General Dental Council has said it can’t review cases heard by a former Chair of its Professional Conduct Committee who was suspended a few days ago after offensive and racially motivated comments he made.
Read more: GDC Is Unable To Review ‘Racially Motivated Comments’ Chair’s Past Cases
A new Parliamentary inquiry has been launched to examine the case for the reform of NHS litigation.
A former Chair of the General Dental Council’s Professional Conduct Committee has been immediately suspended from the dental register for six months after a PCC Committee heard he had made unprofessional, offensive and racially motivated comments.
Read more: Former GDC PCC Chair Who “Forgot” About A Hearing, Is Suspended For Racist Remarks
There are signs of ‘normality’ returning to the business of dentistry according to the results of a newly-released survey.
The outgoing Chair of the General Dental Council has criticised the statutory framework within which the regulator works, as “Manifestly unfit for purpose.”
A new report shows more dental professionals blew the whistle on their dental colleagues than medical registrants did on their colleagues.
Read more: Dental Professionals Are More Than Four Times More Likely To Whistleblow
The General Dental Council has been forced to make changes to the way it supports dental professionals in England.