Former Chief Dental Officer, Barry Cockcroft, looks at current provisions within dentistry. I recently found myself watching ‘health orals’ in the House of Commons (something I remember well) and was struck by the way questions on access to cancer care were handled so differently to questions on dental access. In response to a question from…
Dental defence organisation MDDUS today welcomed the findings of a new public attitudes survey showing one-in-five want the dentists’ regulator, the General Dental Council, to focus on preventing bad practice rather than taking action after it occurs. Aubrey Craig, MDDUS head of dental division, said: “We support a regulatory approach that leads to continually improving…
At the recent Colosseum Dental Conference, the groups presented awards to individuals and teams in recognition of their outstanding commitment and passion. Congratulations to the winners: 2019 Practice Team of the Year – Stoke Newington Dental Clinic 2019 Value Award for Entrepreneurship – Gillian Field, Contracts Administrator and Momena Khatun, Practice Manager, Wood Green Dental…
The General Dental Council’s (GDC) today published the results of its 2018/19 Patient and Public Survey. The research, which includes both quantitative and qualitative elements and presents the seventh instalment since 2011, examines public attitudes on a range of key issues relating to dentistry and how the professions are regulated. One key finding reveals public…
Following the chaotic collapse of the tendering process for NHS orthodontic services in the West Midlands, the British Dental Association (BDA) and the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) have called on Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock to halt all future procurements, and to outline plans to compensate individual providers who have been left…
The results for the BDA board (Principal Executive Committee) elections are now in and the successful candidates are: East Midlands and Central: Alison Lockyer London: Raj Majithia Scotland: Laura Cross South Eastern: Victor Chan UK-wide: Tony Kilcoyne All of them will take up their mandate on 1 January 2020 alongside the 10 other sitting members. View the full election results and…
The General Dental Council (GDC) has today announced that registration application fees are being introduced from 1 January 2020. The fees are being brought in to cover the costs relating to applications, which are currently met by existing registered dental professionals. The move brings registration applications in line with the regulator’s policy on fee-setting, which…
Former Chief Dental Officer, Barry Cockcroft looks at current provisions within dentistry. I must admit to being a tad lukewarm about the review of dental education and training, ‘Advancing Dental Care’. We carried out a review of the dental workforce in 2013 and concluded that we needed to change the balance of the dental workforce…
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