Communication/patient education

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Norfolk to poll residents ahead of dental summit

Healthwatch Norfolk is ensuring the issue of lack of NHS care remains in the forefront of decision-makers minds with a campaign for the rest of 2024.

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Society questions health committee on its plans for dentistry

In advance of the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s scheduled panel enquiry on March 19, 2024, the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry’s...

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Language barriers in healthcare can cause serious medical harm, according to a report

The Welsh Equality and Social Justice Committee said it is concerned by evidence that people from ethnic minority backgrounds continue to face worse...

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Dental charge increase is ‘a slap in the face for hard-pressed families’, says association

The British Dental Association (BDA) has lamented the announcement of an increase in NHS patient charges. It stressed the hike will not help improve...

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Payments for dentists to make more appointments available

Dental practices will benefit from extra cash for taking on new NHS patients from March 1, 2024, in the government and NHS’s plan to make millions...

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Unpacking the government's recovery plan: A game changer or just talk?

The Oral Health Foundation has broken down the 23 key points of the government’s dental recovery plans. It considers if it's really going to make a...

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Ministers urge the GDC to ‘fill the gap’ in UK’s dental workforce

Thirty cross-party MPs and peers showed their support at an event in Parliament in February 2024, hosted by the Association of Dental Groups (ADG), to...

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The court of public opinion is overwhelmingly positive about dentistry

A recent comprehensive survey of the dental industry undertaken by Frank Taylor & Associates, provided encouraging, thoughtful and realistic insight...

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Metaphors enable patients and caregivers to communicate their experiences of living with long-term conditions, research says

According to King's College London researchers, patients can provide a unique insight into their own physical and emotional world through their own...

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Easington MP reveals his mother has resorted to DIY dentistry

Minister says his elderly “frail” mother has pulled her teeth out due to “desperation” and being unable to access NHS services.

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Councillors lobby the health secretary on NHS dentistry and vapes

Concerns over poor access to NHS dentists, and the easy availability of single-use vapes, were the subjects of separate motions agreed by the full...

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Bristol practice reopens following community outcry

Following a campaign by the local community, a Bristol dental surgery is set to reopen.