A year of peaks, troughs and little progress – a look back at 2023
2023-12-14
‘Not just a rollercoaster year, this time it’s Blackpool’s The Big One!’ – Practice Plan’s Nigel Jones and BDA chair Eddie Crouch reflect on the
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Smile Direct Club cases overseen by ‘just five UK dentists’
2023-12-13
The British Dental Association (BDA) has revealed that Smile Direct Club had ‘just five UK-registered dentists’ supervising its reported 65,000 patients. The BDA is unsure
Dental consultants to speak out on pay deal
2023-11-28
The British Dental Association (BDA) said it will push to hold a referendum on government pledges to change consultant pay scales and the pay review
Mouth cancer cases increase by 12%, new data shows
2023-11-08
The British Dental Association (BDA) has called for urgent action on mouth cancer, stressing that dental access can be the ‘difference between life and death’.
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 28 October 2023
2023-10-28
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… WHO considers regulation of AI in healthcare
NHS flexible commissioning update has ‘same old problems’, says BDA
2023-10-11
NHS England has released new guidance for flexible commissioning, which the BDA dubbed a ‘new framework with the same old problems’. Introduced in 2021, the
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 23 September 2023
2023-09-23
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Uchenna Okoye: 1969-2023 Uchenna Okoye, the trailblazing
BDA criticises ‘disproportionate’ disability and autism guidance
2023-09-22
The British Dental Association (BDA) has ‘objected to several of the points made’ in the recently updated guidance for disability and autism training. The Oliver
How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 9 September 2023
2023-09-09
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… GDC launches pilot to ‘improve timeliness’ of
Government ‘effectively said it cannot afford NHS dentistry’, says BDA
2023-09-07
The government has ‘effectively told the profession it cannot afford NHS dentistry’ as it prepares to impose an approach to pay, says the British Dental
‘The new normal’ – patients queue at 4am for NHS dental care
2023-09-05
Patients are queuing at 4am in a desperate attempt to access NHS dental care – a scene that the profession fears will become ‘the new
BDA hospital trainee members vote to strike
2023-08-25
The British Dental Association (BDA) has revealed that hospital dental trainees across 15 NHS trusts have voted to strike against below inflation pay awards. Closing