Dentistry is low risk for patients

2015-10-15

Dentistry has been classified as low risk according to the CQC The Care Quality Commission (CQC) State of Care report has found dentistry delivers low

Evlynne Gilvarry has insisted the GDC is ‘turning the corner’

2015-09-04

Evlynne Gilvarry has said the GDC has turned a corner and is making improvements The head of the under-fire General Dental Council (GDC) has insisted

I’m a dentist, get me outta here

2015-09-04

The GDC should only investigate the initial complaint, and not sift through clinical records to find ‘something to stick’, says Jeff Sherer. This week I performed

Stopping the GDC

2015-08-10

Michael Watson says somebody has to stop the GDC Healthcare regulators, including the GDC, need a radical overhaul of how they operate, Michael Watson believes.

Taking practices to the next level

2015-08-03

If you are looking for innovative ideas on how to take your practice to the next level then look no further. Business of Dentistry events

What the shooting of Cecil the lion can teach dentists

2015-07-29

Michael Watson covers the recent story about a dentist killing Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Perhaps if the lion hadn’t been called Cecil…perhaps if the

A quick start guide to recent changes in CQC compliance

2015-07-13

Are you aware that the CQC has recently changed the way in which it regulates and inspects practices? Amy D’Arcy-Burt, regional support manager at Practice

‘Trust dentists and let them get on and do their jobs’

2015-07-13

Michael Watson reports from the Westminster Health Forum in his latest blog. Once a year I am sent an invitation to the Westminster Health Forum,

Don’t allow a culture of fear to crush dentistry, Mick Armstrong says

2015-07-09

Mick Armstrong addressed the Westminster Health Forum on the culture of fear he believes is in dentistry Mick Armstrong believes dentists should be allowed to do

Developing a profitable practice

2015-05-21

Plan provider, Patient Plan Direct, and Goodman Grant Solicitors have teamed up alongside a range of expert speakers to put together and host a series

Nothing in government manifestos for dentistry

2015-04-27

Dentistry not mentioned in any of the general election manifestos Dentistry is not mentioned once in any of the general election manifestos of the big

Are we dealing with creeping normality?

2015-04-13

Nigel Jones takes a look at how the forthcoming planned changes within NHS dentistry may or may not creep up on NHS dental professionals. It