Laranya Caslin, principal of St George’s Academy in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, was asked to join a Health and Social Care Committee panel to provide evidence on tackling youth vaping.
The Dental Schools Council (DSC) congratulates the government on producing the first ever Long- Term Workforce Plan in the history of the NHS. DSC welcomes and is supportive of the government’s...
The British Dental Association (BDA) has expressed deep concern that the new NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is setting out aspirations to tie dental graduates to a failed NHS system, with no tangible...
A dozen dental practices have joined a £2 billion legal claim aimed at getting compensation from UK energy giants who are alleged to have paid secret commissions to third-party brokers.
Jenny Harris, president of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) joined a group of supporters of the ‘Free school meals for all’ campaign outside Downing Street on June 29, 2023.
Councillors for North Yorkshire’s children and young people’s scrutiny committee have met to hear the annual health and wellbeing survey results. Data was collected from 17,000 pupils on a range of...
A Sky News investigation revealed “15 cases” in which children aged nine or under were admitted to hospital in the last 12 months. In 2022 there were 12 cases, and only two cases in 2021.
Hundreds of homeless people in Kent and Medway are now benefitting from essential foot and dental care, thanks to funding from NHS Charities Together’s Community Partnerships Programme.
Researchers from Cardiff University began by taking mouth, tongue and denture swabs from a group of patients in a hospital who had pneumonia and wore dentures. They then compared this to samples taken...
Campaigners have warned that the government is on track to miss its target to reduce the number of women who smoke during pregnancy by a decade.
In a Westminster Hall debate on June 20, 2023, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smoking and Health called on the Government to listen to the voters and make Big Tobacco pay to deliver a...
The list of fellowships which qualify applicants for a fellowship of the College of General Dentistry (CGDent) by means of equivalence has been amended.