Dental charity offers support
Dental charity, Confidental, is recruiting volunteers to join their call handling team.
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Mental health app for patients
Obex Dental, the UK’s largest independent dental practice, has teamed up with TriggerHub to provide a digital platform for mental health to more than 160,000 of its patients and the communities they serve.
Overseas volunteering
Dentaid the Dental Charity has announced its 2026 calendar of overseas volunteering in Uganda, Cambodia and Malawi.
NHS Wales launch service
A digital service is set to launch in autumn 2024, which will centralise the process of accessing routine care through an NHS dentist for people across Wales.
Tobacco ban could save lives
Life expectancy could increase if the global decline in smoking is accelerated, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health journal. It added that millions of premature deaths could also be avoided by “bringing an end to smoking.”
Administrative collaboration
The Association of Dental Administrators and Managers (ADAM) has partnered with Carestack to help its members increase efficiency and decrease stress using software.
What are the benefits?
Suzie Sonnabend lists the benefits of further qualifications and advanced training.
Children's book launched
A picture book that features fun illustrations combined with animal sounds was launched on September 30, 2024.
Whistleblowing report released
The General Dental Council (GDC), along with eight other UK healthcare regulators, has published its 2024 annual report on whistleblowing disclosures.
Employer guidelines needed
Following the victory of Paralympian Sabrina Fortune, internet searches for speech dyspraxia have skyrocketed by 600 per cent. Sabrina has speech dyspraxia and a mild intellectual impairment because of the condition. Her victory at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games has helped put a spotlight on the condition.
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.
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