On July 14, Lord Faulkner of Worcester successfully won a vote regretting the Government’s failure to require COVID-19 related seating outside cafes, pubs and restaurants to be smoke free.
With a remarkable lack of insight, the Department of Health has side-lined the essential role of dentists in the fight against mouth cancer.
Responding to the announcement by the Department of Health and Social Care on the new restrictions on junk food advertising, Matthew Garrett, dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) said,
Commenting on the study in The Lancet showing three quarters of the world’s smokers have their first cigarette by 21, Action on Smoking and Health has called on the government to consult on raising...
Neil Carmichael, chair of the Association of Dental Groups, has responded to the Healthwatch England report on dentistry yesterday and this morning’s debate in the House of Commons on oral health and...
The British Dental Association has urged government to set out a clear route map for reform and relaxation of covid restrictions, as new survey data points to an exodus from the service as the access...
The Scottish National Party has vowed to scrap NHS dentistry charges if it wins the Scottish Parliament election on May 6.
Denplan, part of Simplyhealth, has published a white paper on the future of dentistry. This marks the culmination of months of in-depth research into the issues impacting private dentistry. The report...
The ‘Early Years Healthy Development Review’ led by Andrea Leadsom provides a vision for the critical first 1,001 days of a child’s life in its newly published report. The omission of oral health from...
Responding to the government white paper published last week, Dental Protection has called on the government to get on with reforming the General Dental Council’s fitness to practise processes and...
Responding to the Department of Health and Social Care’s white paper, ‘Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all’, Ian Brack, chief executive and registrar...
Responsibility for water fluoridation is due to be returned into the control of central government according to a leaked document setting out reforms to the National Health Service. The news is...