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24-mile hiking challenge

On September 9, 2023, team Schein members from Henry Schein Dental, Henry Schein Medical, Optident, BioHorizons Camlog, and the Henry Schein One brands Software of Excellence and Dentally, came together for a charitable outdoor challenge. Their mission was to raise £7,000 in support of health charities.

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Menopause employer award

Paula Rix from the Medical Protection Society (MPS) – which Dental Protection is part of – has won the Community Award at the prestigious 2023 Menopause Friendly Employer Awards.

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Lib Dems NHS dentistry

Over 4.4m children in England have not been seen by an NHS dentist for at least a year, shocking new figures published by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.

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Tackling the obesity crisis

​Former prime minister Tony Blair has urged the government to tax junk foods and tighten regulations on the food industry to tackle rising obesity.

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Scotland's vape crackdown

Retailers have a key role to play in ending vape sales to children, says the Scottish Greens health spokesperson, Gillian Mackay MSP.

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?Further salt and sugar levies

Two million cases of disease over 25 years could be prevented if the Government were to introduce an industry-wide levy on salt and sugar, according to modelling commissioned by the new 'Recipe for Change' campaign coalition of health and food organisations.

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Stop smoking roadshow

The Health Trainer team is getting out into the community to visit as many residents as possible and help them quit smoking for good.

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Salford vaping ban

According to BBC News, a ban on smoking and vaping “outside city schools and in park play areas” could be introduced in Salford.

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2023 oral health survey

Nearly three in ten (28 per cent) Britons have had to take time off work due to tooth pain, according to a new survey from Denplan – the UK’s leading dental plan provider – an equivalent of 11.7m working-age people.

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Endometriosis in the workplace

Six ground-breaking projects, including an investigation looking at how endometriosis impacts women in the workplace, have been awarded £12.4m, the government announced on September 12.

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Vaping and the immune system

Inhaling vapour from an e-cigarette may be stopping frontline immune cells from working typically. A study shows that even moderate smoke exposure suppresses cell activity.

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Suicide guidance

Researchers from the University of Surrey, University of Birmingham, and Keele University gathered evidence and data over the course of two years as part of a study which has informed a robust set of new evidence-based postvention guidance to support NHS staff after the death by a suicide of a colleague.