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NHS 10-Year Health Plan

The government has unveiled its 10-Year Health Plan, detailing major reforms of the NHS.

Three in four adults are not regularly seeing a dentist

According to a new Haleon survey, three quarters of UK adults are not meeting the recommendation of seeing a dentist every 12-24 months.

Spending review: what does the dental profession think?

The UK chancellor has pledged to increase NHS funding by 3% in her latest spending review as she promises to ‘renew Britain’.

Plans for NHS dentistry in Wales could see 64% dentists go fully private

Patients in Wales could be offered treatment at any available practice within their area under new plans for NHS dentistry, sparking criticism from the profession.

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Recruitment in dentistry isn’t hard – if you’re doing it right

Is your recruitment process set up to succeed? Del Kahya shares how to remove the headache of recruiting in dentistry. Let’s be real – every dental practice has complained about the struggle to recruit. But here’s the thing: have you actually stopped to look at how you’re doing it? Who’s… Read more

How to prepare for ‘making tax digital’

Reducing the tax gap: Adam Bernstein explores ‘making tax digital for income tax’, and how to get ready for the changes. The difference between how much tax should be paid and how much is actually collected is called the ‘tax gap’. A 2024 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) report estimated… Read more

UK employees most likely to work while ill, research finds

Increased ‘presenteeism’ or working while ill was estimated to cost the UK economy £25 billion – but its workforce was among the least likely to take sick days globally. Read more

New duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment

From this autumn, a new act will come into force that introduces a new duty for employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. Read more