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The NHS cannot do everything for everyone

The Government needs to be honest with the public and say NHS dentistry cannot do everything for everyone, Michael Watson says.…

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People on low incomes fear being wrongly fined for NHS treatments

Wrongly fining people for NHS treatment is putting those on low incomes off going to the dentist, the BDA claims. Almost…

Dentistry

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… NHS dentists in…

Dentistry

NHS dentistry in meltdown

There are not enough people working on dentistry at the Department of Health and Social Care, Michael Watson says. Recently this site…

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NHS dentistry experiencing a recruitment crisis

Thousands of patients are unable to see an NHS dentist due to a recruitment crisis, the Daily Mail reports. Mydentist,…

Dentistry

Dental associations jointly call for HPV vaccination

Dental associations have jointly written to the Government calling for the HPV vaccine to be extended to girls and boys. The British…

Dentistry

Evaluation of the NHS England prototype dental contracts published

The prototype dental contract clinical model works but more needs to be done on the business model, Professor Rooney says. In…

Dentistry

Putting the NHS under the spotlight

In the first of a two-part article, Sophie Hatton reports back from Simplyhealth Professionals’ second ‘If’ roundtable debate, which brought…

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Government’s ‘stealth tax’ is making the NHS millions

The Government is being accused of charging patients a ‘stealth tax’ when they visit for an NHS dental checkup. The…

Dentistry

Close encounters of the fourth kind

The Department of Health and Social Care has missed an opportunity by repeating exactly the same model in the next…

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Department of Health and Social Care increases patient charges for dentistry

The Department of Health and Social Care has increased NHS dentistry patient charges by around 5% from April. The new…

Dentistry

Patient charges being increased

An increase in patient charges could encourage dentists to take on more children, Michael Watson says. Late last Friday, the Department of…

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Calls for UK-wide ban on sale of high energy drinks to under-16s

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) has called for a UK-wide ban on the sale of high energy drinks for…

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