Jeremy Hunt

Children eating five times more sugar in summer months

Children are eating five times their recommended daily sugar allowance during summer, new figures show. The poll, carried out by…

Oral health

HPV vaccine to be extended to boys

The HPV vaccine will be extended to all teenage boys and girls, to help protect them against deadly cancers. Since…

Dentistry

BDA challenges Jeremy Hunt to invest in prevention

The British Dental Association (BDA) has challenged Jeremy Hunt to put prevention at the heart of any NHS spending pledges.…

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… Government announces new…

Dentistry

Private healthcare data to be captured by NHS systems

Private healthcare data will soon be recorded in the same way as NHS data in England. That’s after the launch…

Private Practice

FGDP(UK) sceptical about combining healthcare regulation into one super regulator

FGDP(UK) says it is sceptical about Government proposals to join all UK health regulators into one ‘super regulator’. The Faculty…

Dentistry

Dental patients can’t get appointments due to Government ‘cuts on the sly’

Spending on dental care has dropped in real terms by £7.50 per head in England over the last decade. That’s…

Dentistry

You could not make this up

With the news Jeremy Hunt will now create an NHS workforce plan, Alun Rees questions what he’s been doing up…

Blog

Great minds think alike

The arrogance and self-delusion of NHS procurement staff is costing NHS trusts more money, Kevin Lewis argues. August can be…

Blog

Freeze on foundation dentist trainers’ pay an act of ‘self-harm’

The Government has confirmed a 1% pay increase for foundation dentists and a 1.14% uplift for general dental practitioners. Along with…

Dentistry

NHS accused of wasting money

If Professor Tim Briggs took a closer look at NHS dentistry what would he find, Michael Watson questions. A report…

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Healthcare unions angry at failure to deal with NHS pay cap

Healthcare unions have expressed their anger and disappointment at the Government’s failure to deal with the public sector pay cap.…

Dentistry

Healthcare regulation changes kicked into the long grass

Theresa May and the Government have failed to pledge reforms on healthcare regulation in the 2017-19 legislative programme. Despite promises in…

Dentistry

GDC explains why it is Shifting the balance

With Ian Brack almost finishing his first year as chief executive of the GDC, Seb Evans went to speak to…

Dentistry

More than half of dentists would prefer one ‘super-watchdog’ health regulator

Would a super-watchdog regulator really benefit dentistry, Seb Evans questions. With Jeremy Hunt considering combining all nine health regulators into…

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BDA seeking profession’s thoughts on regulation

The BDA is seeking the profession’s thoughts on what it wants from regulation to guide the BDA’s engagement with Health Ministers…

Dentistry

Are politicians accountable anymore?

Ministers should stop shifting the blame to the NHS, Michael Watson says. A blog from Nicholas Timmins caught my eye…

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Jeremy Hunt to consider creating one ‘super-watchdog’ health regulator

Jeremy Hunt is considering merging all nine health regulatory bodies into one ‘super-watchdog’, new reports have claimed. The Health Secretary…

Dentistry

Dementia Friendly Dentistry programme wins award

NHS England’s Dementia Friendly Dentistry programme has been awarded Dementia Friendly Partnership of the Year. The programme, which brought together…

Dentistry