Annual report published
Dental care provider, Smile Together has published its Social and Environmental Impact report titled ‘A year of giving’, for 2023/2024.
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Dentist receives award
Philip Lewis, dentist and past president of the Mouth Cancer Foundation, received his MBE from Anne Princess Royal at Windsor Castle on September 25, 2024, in recognition of his services to oral cancer.
Recyclable toothpaste products
Haleon has partnered with sorting and recycling app developer Bower, to help educate and incentivise consumers to recycle Haleon toothpaste products.
Governments work together
The UK and Welsh governments will collaborate on healthcare for the first time to help drive down waiting lists on both sides of the border and improve patient care as part of an approach to working together.
Insufficient retirement funds
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), automatic enrolment has increased private sector employees’ participation in pension saving.
Unresolved workplace conflict
Eight in 10 (81 per cent) employers feel they are doing enough to prevent and manage bullying and harassment at work, but just over a third of employees (36 per cent) who experienced conflict in the past year feel it has been fully resolved.
GDC release outcome report
The General Dental Council (GDC) has reviewed the feedback from its recent call for evidence on the structure and operation of the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) and has published its outcome report.
Health impact of smoking
Analysis from Public Health Wales has revealed that an average of 3,845 deaths in Wales in 2022 were due to smoking. Between 2020 and 2022, more than one in 10 of all deaths amongst those were over 35-years-old.
Dental podcast launched
A podcast series for oral care professionals featuring world-leading experts has launched. The ‘Let’s Talk Oral Health’ podcast will focus on the newest practices in periodontics and implant dentistry whilst discussing the latest dental research.
Children's oral health crisis
A report has urged the government to tackle England’s oral health crisis by banning the sale of energy drinks to under 16s, expanding sugar taxes and rolling out a toothbrushing programme.
Dental nurse raises awareness
A dental nurse who was diagnosed with leukaemia is supporting leading charities Leukaemia Care and Leukaemia UK to help raise awareness of the blood cancer’s warning signs and stop it devastating people’s lives.
Rise in children vaping
Children buying vapes at school is a key concern for parents and teachers, as children as young as eight years old are buying and selling disposable vapes on school premises, according to Zurich Municipal.
Levy on tobacco manufacturers
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has welcomed a report from IPPR’s Health Commission that sets out a vision for future health policy.
Children without dental care
More than 5.35m children in England have not been seen by an NHS dentist for at least a year, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
Temporary dental unit in Wales
Residents of the Hay on Wye in Wales on the NHS dental waiting list will have access to a temporary community NHS dental service from September 2024 to December 2024.
