News

BADT conference

September 26-27 is the date for the British Association Dental Therapist scientific meeting and AGM in Manchester.The earlybird rate is still in place (this will finish on September 1).

Changing regulation

Lawrence Mudford addresses the current issues facing the GDC. The GDC is currently consulting on a 64 per cent increase (£945) of its annual retention fee (ARF) for dentists and a 6.7 per cent...

Comparative grid

The cost of compliance to the average sole practitioner practice has increased by 845 per cent in the last decade.

Expert inspections

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to move towards targeted inspections of dental practices, ensuring that dental experts are present on each inspection team.

The best way

Advice on how teeth should be brushed from dental associations and toothpaste companies is ‘unacceptably inconsistent’.

Healthwatch England

The survey by Healthwatch England provides further evidence that the current dental contract in England is fatally flawed for patients and dentists alike.

Fresh start

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is continuing to change the way it regulates and inspects health and social care services. 

Flawed consultation

The British Dental Association (BDA) has reacted to the GDC’s refusal to budge on the threatened legal challenge to its handling of the consultation into increases to the annual retention fee (ARF).  

Mouth cancer walk

Head and neck cancers are vicious and debilitating when detected late.  Patients who survive suffer many disabilities with speech, swallowing and appearance being affected. 

Surge in claims

Legal reforms aimed at reducing high claimant's legal costs have lead to an increase in claims against dental professionals, the Dental Defence Union (DDU) explained. 

Best Doctoral Thesis

British Dental Health Foundation president and board chair Tony Newton bagged a ‘hat trick’ of awards in Durham last week as he received his Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) at a ceremony in...

Devices initiative

The BDIA has  announced the launch of its Counterfeit and substandard Instruments and Devices Initiative (CsIDI).

Last minute plea

The General Dental Council (GDC) has requested a last minute extension to respond to a legal challenge set by the British Dental Association.  

Fit to regulate?

According to a survey nearly eight in 10 BDA members don’t believe GDC can regulate effectively.

Intercontinental challenge

Dental professionals from the industry are training across the UK for a once in a lifetime challenge – a 500-mile intercontinental charity bikerRide from Milan, Italy to the finishing line in Basel,...