Government now profiting from NHS charges at hundreds of dental practices

As the cost of NHS dentistry in England rises again this week ministers are set to turn a profit from NHS charges in hundreds of practices, according to analysis by the British Dental Association.

Faculty of Dental Surgery comment on soft drinks levy and sugar free schools

The Government's Soft Drinks Industry Levy will come into effect today, Friday April 6, 2018. The Faculty of Dental Surgery has previously welcomed the levy and called for some of the money generated...

Every ten minutes a child in England has a rotten tooth removed in hospital

As the government’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy comes into effect, PHE’s (Public Health England’s) Change4Life campaign is encouraging parents to swap sugary drinks for healthier alternatives to protect...

English authorities resting on laurels in face of decay epidemic, say BDA

The BDA has blasted government efforts as woefully inadequate as new data from Public Health England shows the total number of children facing tooth extractions under general anaesthetic continues to...

One in five adults say the sugar tax won’t deter them from buying sugary drinks

One in five UK adults (21 per cent) say that potentially paying a little bit extra won’t bother them if they want a sugary drink. This is according to survey figures released today by YouGov and...

‘Appalling childhood tooth extraction statistics illustrate need for urgent action in England’, charity declares

Leading health charity, the Oral Health Foundation, is calling for urgent action to address the continued increase in the number of children having their teeth extracted in hospitals throughout...

Launch of new sugar tax leaves ‘bitter taste’ when it comes to oral health

This Friday, April 6, will see the introduction of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (Enforcement) Regulations 2018, otherwise known as the sugar tax, which has been hailed as one of the United Kingdom’s...

Clearer guidance for coroners should mean fewer manslaughter investigations, says DDU

There should be clearer guidance for coroners, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service to prevent dentists being needlessly put through a gross negligence manslaughter investigation, the Dental...

Major changes to dental nurse pay and development revealed by mydentist

mydentist, the largest network of dental practices in Europe, has announced a £2.5mil investment in an industry-leading career progression programme with pay increases for its 4,000 dental nurses.

SDCEP implementation advice on phase-down of dental amalgam use - open consultation until April 15, 2018

The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) operates within NHS Education for Scotland and provides user-friendly, evidence based guidance on topics identified as priorities for oral...

Innocent patients hit by scattergun approach to NHS charge fines

The British Dental Association (BDA) has condemned the Business Services Authority’s (NHS BSA’s) indiscriminate approach to fining patients for supposedly misclaiming charge exemptions, as new data...

Dentists join call on football clubs to cut junk food links

The British Dental Association has joined over 50 leading health bodies, academics and charities to call on football leaders to call time on agreements with junk food manufacturers.