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New research into hospital mouth injuries visits

​The media outlet GB News released statistics on August 30, 2022, showing that three quarters of hospitals have experienced an increase in patients...

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NHS Update - 2022/23 dental contract negotiations

​On July 19, 2022, Sara Hurley and Ali Sparke released a new NHS dental and oral health update. This issue focused on the upcoming reforms as a result...

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New health secretary urged to meet words with action

​The British Dental Association (BDA) has urged the new secretary of state for health and social care, Steve Barclay MP, to act now on the crisis in...

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NHS dentistry and oral health update

Sarah Hurley, chief dental officer for England, and Lisa Richie, head of infection prevention control for NHS England, recently published a new NHS...

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Patients told via social media about withdrawal of NHS care: “You will need to find a new NHS dentist”

A dental practice in Sunderland recently announced via Facebook that it would be withdrawing its NHS care and changing to a “fully comprehensive...

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Dentists call for NHS charge freeze as cost of living crisis bites

​With inflation now at a 40-year high, the British Dental Association (BDA) has called on health secretary Sajid Javid to follow the precedent set...

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“Youngsters are going to grow up missing teeth and having to wear a denture”

NHS dentistry – specifically in relation to a lack of access for child patients – has been in the news recently, following reports of schools having...

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Dental crisis demands more than slogans from government

The British Dental Association (BDA) has said ministers must wake up to the crisis facing NHS dentistry, as new research from The Times finds nearly...

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New report highlights concerns faced by people living in the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas

A report has been published by Swansea Bay Community Health Council - an independent statutory body that exists to represent the interests of patients...

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Cost of living crisis forces decision between oral health and heating

​"I had to choose between heating our house or saving my tooth," Melanie Fudge-Horton.

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Ministers urged to ‘level up’ NHS dentistry

The British Dental Association (BDA) has backed calls from Healthwatch England for urgent and fundamental reform of NHS dentistry to be delivered by...

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England’s ‘dental deserts’ and the urgent need to level up access to dentistry

The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has launched a new report today highlighting the parts of England at most risk of becoming ‘dental deserts’...

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Dentists call for urgent reform as charities step in to fill access gap for school children

The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned government must pick up the pace on the reform of NHS dentistry, following an investigation from the...

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NHS update – dental contract arrangements for 2022/23 and testing

Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for England, and Ali Sparke, director for dentistry, community pharmacy, optometry and the NHS standard contract,...

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NHS dental care professionals blast orders to return to virtually ‘business as usual’

The British Dental Association (BDA) has slammed moves by government to effectively return to normal working arrangements for NHS dentists in England....