The Probe is delighted to reveal that entries are now being accepted for the eagerly awaited Dental Awards 2021. The most highly esteemed dental awards ceremony out there, each of the various categories are judged by a panel of well-known industry experts with superior knowledge of their respective fields. Held alongside the British Dental Conference and…
BADN, the UK’s professional association for dental nurses, is launching its new monthly “Coffee Catch Ups” for dental nurses. Held on the last Saturday of every month at 3pm, the Catch Ups are designed to give dental nurses a chance to network, chat with and ask questions of BADN President Jacqui Elsden, Executive Committee members…
“Possibly!!!” says former CDO Barry Cockcroft A period of disruption and uncertainty like the one we are in at the moment can sometimes lead to positive outcomes in the long term. Although oral health is much improved overall from when I qualified, the majority of dentists and their teams still spend the major part of…
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), along with Public Health Wales (PHW), Public Health Agency (PHA) Northern Ireland, Health Protection Scotland (HPS), Public Health Scotland, Public Health England and NHS England, has released new Covid-19 infection prevention and control dental guidance. This newly published UK IPC Guidance has been developed for dental settings,…
The General Dental Council (GDC) has today published several reports which provide statistics and examples of fitness to practise case handling undertaken during 2019, available to read at https://www.gdc-uk.org/education-cpd/fitness-to-practise-learning. The statistical report provides a quantitative picture of fitness to practise in 2019. In addition, the regulator has also published six short insight reports covering decisions at…
The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK and College of General Dentistry have published an updated synopsis of their guidance on the implications of Covid-19 for the safe management of general dental practice. The synopsis highlights key recommendations at each step of the patient journey, and supports dental professionals to take a risk-based approach to…
Following consultation with the BDA, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed that contracts will be uplifted by 2.5% in England. The uplift will be paid in November and backdated to 1 April. The BDA stressed, when the Chancellor announced his deal back in July, that an above inflation award represents a bare…
Align Technology has announced that it will host its first Digital Innovations Forum on 2nd and 3rd December 2020 from 5pm to 8pm (CET). The two-day virtual meeting will be delivered digitally to bring together an international panel of speakers to showcase the latest thinking about practice-related digital innovations. Their collective aim will be to…
A leading dental professor has voiced concerns around a potential wave of possible dental nurse jobs being put at risk as the profession continues to be plagued by financial uncertainty. Professor Phil Taylor, Dean of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd)’s Faculty of Dental Surgery, has warned that many dental practices may be forced…
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