Alison Lockyer elected head of BDA’s EEDT Working Group
2017-02-14
Alison Lockyer has been elected chair of the BDA’s Education, Ethics and the Dental Team (EEDT) Working Group. The election was made by the Principal Executive
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‘Urgent dental service’ closure piles more pressure on GPs and A&Es
2017-02-02
Kentish Town ‘urgent dental service’ is being closed leaving only two hospitals in London capable of dealing with dental issues. NHS England has announced it
BDA Scotland ‘dismayed’ at the number of Scots missing out on NHS dentistry
2017-01-25
The BDA Scotland has expressed dismay at the latest figures showing the number of Scots missing out on NHS dentistry. Figures released yesterday showed 92% of
What a difference a year makes…
2017-01-20
Sara Hurley speaking about Dentistry magazine at the recent BSPD conference Over a year after her appointment as CDO for England, Seb Evans speaks to
BDA calls for more urgent care slots for dental patients
2017-01-16
Commissioning more urgent care slots for dental patients could reduce A&E pressure, BDA says The BDA is calling for more in-hours urgent care slots to
More than 160 operations every day to extract children’s teeth
2017-01-11
NHS performing more than 160 extractions every day to remove children’s rotting teeth New figures show 160 children and teenagers have teeth extracted under general
Dental patients visiting A&E cost the NHS £18 million a year
2017-01-09
Dental patients visiting A&E with toothache is costing the NHS £12.5 million a year, a new study has shown Dental patients visiting A&E for free
BDA accuses Northern Ireland government of backtracking on contract
2017-01-06
The BDA has slammed the Northern Ireland government for backtracking on a new contract agreement The BDA has accused the Northern Ireland government of backtracking
NHS dentistry ‘catastrophically failing the public’
2017-01-04
A letter published in The Telegraph has claimed NHS dentistry is failing the public NHS dentistry is ‘catastrophically failing the public’, a letter published in
BDA announces election results
2016-12-21
The votes for the Principal Executive Committee at the BDA are in The British Dental Association has announced the results following the votes or its
Government urged to support local authorities in the fight against tooth decay
2016-12-19
Following new calls from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for oral health programmes in schools, the British Dental Association (BDA) is calling
The Future of Oral Health needs clarification
2016-12-13
The BDA is asking the Scottish government to clarify how it will resource proposals in The Future of Oral Health The BDA is seeking clarification from
