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Our dental news feed will be regularly updated to help you stay informed and keep up-to-date with everything that's happening in the industry.

BDA England: Call for feedback ahead of Health Committee inquiry

With the exodus of dentists from NHS dentistry accelerating, we have been called to give evidence direct to Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee as part of their ongoing inquiry into recruitment, training and retention…

BDA - England: Ministers urged to level up NHS dentistry

New polling from Healthwatch England shows 41% of adults are struggling to access care, with nearly half (49%) saying that patient charge levels are unfair given the mounting cost of living. The shortage of appointments…

The GDC Forecasts expenditure increase for 2022

The General Dental Council has forecast an expenditure increase of 5.8% for 2022, compared to 2021.

BDA - England: Fixing NHS dentistry impossible without real reform

We have responded to the latest report from the Association of Dental Groups (ADG), stressing that anything short of fundamentally reforming the broken contract is doomed to failure. New figures show over 2000 dentists left…

Contract Reform COVID-19 Dental Profession Finance Mental Health NHS Practice Management Regulation

Scotland: Guidance issued on funding to improve dental equipment

The Scottish Government has issued guidance for practices that previously expressed an interest in ventilation funding about the application process. Applications must be received by 30 June 2022. Read more

‘Dental deserts’ form in England as dentists quit NHS, experts warn

“Dental deserts” are emerging across England after more than 2,000 dentists quit the NHS last year, leaving millions of people struggling to get checkups or have toothaches fixed, a new report reveals. Read more

Sowerby Bridge school uses charity to tackle pupils’ toothache

A school has brought in a dental charity to treat pupils with such bad toothache they have missed lessons. Staff at Trinity Academy Grammar in West Yorkshire have had to take pupils to hospital as they were in agony but unable to access an NHS dentist. Read more

COVID Scotland: 400,000 fewer NHS dental treatments a month amid ‘increasing inequalities’

THE number of NHS dental treatments being carried out on adults in Scotland remains well below pre-pandemic levels, amid warnings that oral health inequalities are widening. Read more

Toothless in England marches against lack of progress in NHS dentistry

Toothless in England will take to the streets to mark the passing of 12 months since the event that sparked the group’s formation. The campaign group kicked off in Suffolk last year after the last NHS dental practice in the town of Leiston closed its doors. Read more

IPC Guidance Updated – Scotland More Funding

‘This is a communique from the UK IPC Cell’ is not from a scene in a 1980’s movie about terrorists, but the recently published consensus statement regarding protection from COVID-19 in clinical settings. Read more