The British Dental Association Defend Dentists′ Earnings
The British Dental Association has reacted to the figures released by the NHS Information Centre this week regarding dentist’s earnings.
The figures come in a year where dentist have been said to have been working extra hard to make the new contract, issued in 2006, to work.
The latest wage figures that showed the earnings of Dentists practicing in England and Wales in the second year of the new contract showed that some dentists were earning over £300,000 and the BDA have now reacted to these revelations.
Chair of the BDA’s General Dental Practice Committee, John Milne, said: “These statistics reflect the second year of operation of the 2006 dental contract in England and Wales, a time when dentists were working hard to overcome problems with the new arrangements and make them work for their patients.”
They also argued that many dentist had to cope with the potential ‘clawback’ of their contractual values, the dentist carry all the risks of their practices and have to provide their own premises, equipment and staff.
Mr Milne added: “The picture the statistics paint is one of earnings settling and the expenses of NHS practitioners rising slightly, although, as the Information Centre itself points out, it is hard to make comparisons with figures from previous years.”
The BDA have also expressed the importance of a brighter future for NHS dentistry and that the reforms of the report are implemented for the good of both patient and dentists.
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