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Omicron threat leaves dentists struggling to restore service

New evidence from Healthwatch England highlights the ongoing crisis facing dental services, including the high numbers of children missing out on...

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Your NHS dentistry and oral health update

She wrote, “Yesterday evening the prime minister and chief medical officer updated the nation on the Omicron variant. Dental practices should continue...

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The One Show talks NHS dentistry

Host Lauren Laverne began, “One area severely affected by the pandemic is dentistry. In some parts of the UK, it’s almost impossible to get an...

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MP for Bury St Edmunds proposes a reduction in dental visits

Indeed, dentistry in the area has already been subject to attention recently, after a lack of free dental care spurred the creation of campaign group...

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Westminster dentist sentenced for £74,000 NHS fraud

Sheena Lalani, 46, of Kennington Road, London, defrauded the NHS of over £74,000.

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NHS dentistry and oral health update: dentistry and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

They write, “Every corner of our health system depends on antibiotics but the increasingly alarming issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - and its...

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‘Toothless’ campaign says people are resorting to “Dickensian” pain relief

Recently, Mark Jones, funder and spokesperson for the new group, appeared on BBC Radio Oxford, sharing stories of people going to extreme lengths to...

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MP responds to dental delays in Hampshire: it “simply cannot go on”

The broadcaster shared that Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage said “Local MPs will be pushing for some rapid suggestions out of this because we simply...

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NHS dentistry and oral health update: patients with mental illness

They begin by sharing, “It is an unacceptable fact that people with mental ill health are disproportionately affected by poor oral health. The...

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NHS dentistry and oral health update – with a green focus

In their opening address, they share, “As world leaders gather at COP26, one message is clear - the climate crisis is all our business.

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NHS to prescribe e-cigarettes

This would make England the first country in the world to prescribe medicinally licensed e-cigarettes.

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Pressure mounts on failed NHS contract: amendments tabled to Health Bill

MPs are continuing to join our call to break from the discredited NHS contract, with amendments now tabled to the landmark Health and Care Bill...

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Failure to tackle child oral health unsustainable, say dentists

​The British Dental Association has said new figures from Queen Mary University of London suggesting children's use of non-dental services for dental...