Posts Tagged ‘NHS’
Investment in South African dentistry expected to boost the dental products market
The most recent Clinical Dental Report published by the NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (NHS IC) provides feedback on clinical dental treatment activity. The NHS IC have recommended care in interpreting the data as a comparison with historic dental contracting models. However, the research findings suggest that the most common dental clinical […]
Patient care suffers due to dentistry regulatory pressures
During the annual review of the British Dental Association’s (BDA) services for members, BDA advisers reported a forty percent increase in the number and duration of advisory calls, and the complexity of the calls about regulatory issues. As a result, over a five year period, the BDA doubled their staffing capacity to provide the necessary […]
The Government’s HTM 01-05 decontamination guidelines do not reassure dentists
During March 2010, the NHS Supply Chain launched the national decontamination contract offering a range of tested products by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) after the British Dental Association (BDA) had requested review of the HTM 01-05 decontamination guidelines for dental surgeries by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). The significance of this […]
Autumn 2010: House of Commons reviews public response to water fluoridation
The topic of water fluoridation was raised in the House of Commons on 3 June 2010 by Mr Knight, MP East Yorkshire, and Anne Milton, MP for Guildford, precedes further discussion by Simon Burns, Health Minister, responsible for NHS Connecting for Health in Autumn (September to November in the UK). The BDA reports that the […]
No mobile dentistry for stranded Welsh patients
After the Welsh Health Board announced its challenges this month in not being able to come across a NHS dentist for 4000 patients when their primary dental provider retired in Newcastle Emlyn, Ceredigion, during February 2010, dental recruitment issues have become a hot topic. While MPs, such as Mr Edwards, and AM Rhodri Glyn Thomas, […]
Patients’ health put at risk by imitation gold implants
Dental patients are being put at risk by dentists who are using fake gold dental implants in a bid to save money. The Independent on Sunday yesterday revealed that some dentists were using fake gold crowns and dental bridges and using them on patients who believed they were having gold restorations. In dental laboratories all […]
Female dentist involved in ‘biggest ever’ NHS fraud case
A female dentist has been charged with taking around a million pounds from the NHS, in a case that has been described as the “biggest ever” NHS fraud case. Dr Joyce Trail has been suspended after investigations suggested that she had sent more than five thousand fake patient invoices and subsequently claimed huge amounts of […]
Thousands left without NHS dental care in Wales
Around four thousand patients have been left without access to dental care following the closure of an NHS practice. Just a few weeks ago, the NHS dentist from Adpar, near Newcastle Emlyn, retired and subsequently arrangements were made for an interim service provided by dentists in nearby Cardigan. However, the interim service has now been […]
New surgery eases strain on local NHS services
A new NHS dental surgery has opened in Swanley. The new surgery, which is located just off The Mall, will provide NHS dental care for hundreds of patients. Services in the area have previously been under pressure, with demand for places outweighing the supply and many people going without the services they need. The new […]
New surgery will fill gap in NHS provision in Winchester
NHS Hampshire has announced that a new contract worth 1.1 million pounds per year has been given to Iosis Clinic Limited. Iosis Clinic Limited will now open and run a new dental practice in Winchester; the new surgery is set to open in autumn and will cater for around 9,500 patients in the local area. […]
