Jimmy Steele’s comments on contract reform welcomed Professor Jimmy Steele’s comments, highlighting the gulf between his vision for contract reform, and the prototypes, have been
Eddie Crouch explains the ‘seismic shift’ in the prototype contracts Eddie Crouch responds to Lord Howe’s latest claims of a ‘seismic shift‘ in NHS dentistry.
Last week, whilst the profession and the dental press were busy listening to and digesting the General Dental Council’s appearance before the Health Committee, the
What will dentists think of the prototype contracts announced last week? Those who wanted to see the back of the units of dental activity (UDAs) will
The long awaited proposals for dental contract prototypes have now been released by the Department of Health. It was at the British Dental Association conference
The Department of Health has published the next stage of the dental contract reform today and opened an expression of interest for dental practices to take
Josie Hutchings contemplates the progression of the new NHS contracts and the options a dental practitioner could consider in the future. Following the recent debate
Progress towards a new dental contract is ‘frustratingly slow’, a health minister has admitted. Dan Poulter owned up to disappointment within the profession about the failure
The Department of Health conducted a dental contract reform engagement exercise this summer to test elements of a registration and capitation model that, if implemented, would replace
Michael Watson explains how the current dental contract could be made to work, and why it currently isn’t. Long before Harry Potter, medieval alchemists were searching
Dentistry reports on an exercise pitting prototype dental contracts against ACRs. There is a strong rumour the new prototype reformed contracts are to be announced
The British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC) met recently (10 October 2014) to debate changing the General Dental Practitioner contract in England. Chair John
