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Minimum Unit Pricing has ‘positive impact’ on health

Report concludes the Scottish Government’s alcohol policy has saved lives and cut hospital admissions.

Students receive medals for academic accomplishments

Graduates from Queen Mary University of London’s Institute of Dentistry were awarded at this year’s prestigious University of London Gold Medal Viva for Dentistry.

GDC announces a boost to Overseas Registration Exam places

The General Dental Council (GDC) will increase the number of Part 2 sittings of the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) from three to four in 2024, after reaching an agreement with consortium partners to...

Seven out of 10 people are protected by at least one tobacco control measure

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that 5.6 billion people – 71 per cent of the world’s population – are now protected with at least one best practice policy to help save lives...

Health care company pledges to work towards a sustainable future

Henry Schein, the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, has announced the publication of its 2022 Sustainability and Corporate Social...

Children are increasingly exposed to e-cigarettes on display in shops, and are more likely to buy from small shops

The analysis, by researchers from Imperial College London, used data from the annual ASH survey of youth vaping, collected over five years from 2018 to 2022.

Regulator names new executive leadership of fitness to practise and registration

The General Dental Council (GDC) is combining its fitness to practise and registration directorates into a regulation directorate, led by a new, recently recruited executive director who joins in...

1,750 extra hours of dental appointments

Giles Watling MP, the member of parliament for Clacton, has welcomed the news that the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) and {my}Dentist have announced a joint partnership to...

Employees delay dental treatment worrying about time off work

Employees are putting up with dental pain and delaying essential dental treatment as they’re worried about taking time off work. According to new research by Bupa Dental Insurance, 73 per cent of...

Website provides support for oral and dental health

A website aimed at providing advice on maintaining oral and dental health has been launched in Dumfries and Galloway.

Scottish Government urged to implement further dentistry reforms

The British Dental Association (BDA) has said Scottish Government reforms to NHS dentistry fall short of the root and branch change required to make the service fit for the 2020s.

£3m boost for dental services in North East and North Cumbria

Dental services in the North East and North Cumbria are set for a £3 million boost thanks to a new plan that could provide an extra 27,000 appointments this year.

Increased fees for Scottish NHS dentists

NHS dental teams will receive increased fees under a new payment structure which will help them to provide enhanced NHS care and treatment.

Hundreds of patients quit smoking with the help of a hospital service

Health leaders in Humber and North Yorkshire have hailed the impact of a service to help hospital patients quit smoking.