The British Dental Association (BDA) Scotland has called on the Scottish government to strongly support NHS dentistry to address the large reduction in patients visiting the dentist, as new data reveals further decreases in attendance and ever-widening inequalities.
In the latest ‘NHS dentistry and oral health update’, Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for England, and Ali Sparke, director for dentistry, community pharmacy, optometry and the NHS standard contract, revealed that “the NHS will provide patients with hundreds of thousands more dental appointments, thanks to a £50 million funding injection”.
The latest NHS dentistry and oral health update included a reminder about the upcoming vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
New research has revealed that a huge 81 per cent of workers in the healthcare industry are interested in learning new work skills in 2022, over-indexing against the nation’s average of 70 per cent.
Findings from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and Cancer Research UK’s annual national survey of local government stop smoking support [1] show improvements compared to before the pandemic hit.
This survey covers the quarter ending October 31, 2021 and includes data on valuations as well as deals completed (i.e., practices bought or sold by NASDAL members’ clients in the period).
In response to the latest figures from the BBC on the exodus of dentists from the NHS, the British Dental Association (BDA) has underlined the need for urgent reform for a service that was in crisis long before covid struck.
Chersty Bitsindou used to work as a dental technician, a role which she found enjoyable. However, she realised that she wasn’t getting to spend as much time with her children as she would like.
Cate Blanchett has admitted she wore her own fake teeth and wig in Netflix's Don't Look Up, because coronavirus restrictions prevented her from having a make-up artist.
A 300 million-year-old fossil found in the US is shedding new light on how climate change shaped the way our teeth look today, according to EuroNews Green.
The British Dental Association (BDA) Scotland has said the higher fees for examination, announced recently, will do little to address the colossal backlog of unmet patient care that has accumulated during the pandemic.
The Lancet recently published an estimate of the number of deaths caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which was based on an analysis of 204 countries by a team of international researchers, led by the University of Washington.
The announcement comes following the pandemic, which inspired Pocketalk to focus its efforts on connecting patients with their healthcare providers.
It was recently revealed that the number of dentists performing NHS activity in 2020-2021 decreased by 951 on the previous year.
Two different stories of patients using superglue to treat their own dental problems were recently shared within hours of each other online.
