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.
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.