Leading charities, including Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Cancer Research UK and Asthma + Lung UK, are joining forces with the government to encourage the nation’s 5.3m smokers to make a quit...
Alcohol and tobacco
Analysis for Action on Smoking Health by University College London (UCL) researchers suggests that each day in the United Kingdom approximately 350 young adults aged between 18 and 25 start smoking...
Alcohol and tobacco
The College of General Dentistry (CGDent) is expanding its elected national representation to encompass the whole dental team.
Professionalism/career development
The University of East Anglia (UEA) has welcomed the government’s ‘Dental Recovery Plan’, which affirms a commitment to provide additional NHS dental services. UEA hopes that the government will soon...
Training and leadership
A University of East Anglia (UEA) research team in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Addiction Research Group have been awarded a six-year NIHR Programme Grant of £2.5m to develop and...
Alcohol and tobacco
As part of the national ‘NHS Dental Recovery Plan’, a dental van will visit Cambridgeshire to help people get the dental care they need.
Oral health and mouth cancer
In the Spring Budget on March 6, 2024, Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, announced that “the government is introducing a new duty on vaping and increasing tobacco duty from October 2026, raising revenue to...
Alcohol and tobacco
The British Dental Association (BDA) has lamented the announcement of an increase in NHS patient charges. It stressed the hike will not help improve the dental budget.
Patient education
The results of the ‘NHS Staff Survey 2023’ revealed healthcare workers experienced “unacceptable” levels of unwanted sexual behaviour from the public last year – with 58,000 reporting such incidents.
Workplace issues/your health
In the midst of a crisis within the UK’s dental sector, Community Union has formally announced that it will be creating a dental nurses’ section of its union.
Professionalism/career development
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has announced that honorary president Joan Hatchard, president-elect Preetee Hylton and chief executive Pam Swain have accepted an invitation from the...
People profiles
Nina Garlo-Melkas explores the issues hormonal changes can cause for patients.
Oral health and mouth cancer