Funding stalls for NHS dentistry, dental leaders warn
2025-01-29
Following a ‘damning’ report into NHS funding, dental leaders have urged the government to ‘put its money where its mouth is’ and fix NHS dentistry.
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Four in 10 registered Scots cannot access their dentist
2025-01-10
Almost 40% of Scottish people who are registered with a dentist have not had an appointment in more than two years, according to Public Health
Pay increase for NHS dentists dubbed ‘inadequate’
2025-01-10
A pay uplift of 4.64% for NHS dentists in England has been confirmed, as experts warn that this represents a ‘pay cut’ in real terms.
Males more likely to not have dentist than females, stats show
2024-12-10
Just over half of adults report having an NHS dentist in the last month – with one third having private treatment. This is according to
Kevin Lewis: the successes and failures of 2024
2024-12-10
Tempus fugit: Kevin Lewis offers his seasonal retrospective on the year’s successes and failures, arrivals and departures, events and non-events. Any reader who is sad
Prime minister’s ‘plan for change’ excludes dentistry
2024-12-06
Dental experts have criticised prime minister Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’, which did not mention the government’s pledges for dentistry. On 5 December, Keir Starmer
Dental recovery plan ‘unlikely to deliver target of 1.5 million extra treatments’
2024-11-27
The dental recovery plan will fail to reach target of 1.5 million additional NHS dental treatments by March 2025, says new research, as delivery of
Kevin Lewis: turf wars in dentistry
2024-11-21
Do we really reap what we sow? Kevin Lewis examines whether or not the old proverb is right. Sod it. And I mean that in
One fifth of NHS general dentist positions unfilled, data shows
2024-11-15
According to newly-released NHS England data, more than one in five (21%) general dentist posts in the NHS were vacant as of March 2024. This
Kemi Badenoch – what has she said about dentistry?
2024-11-05
Kemi Badenoch has replaced Rishi Sunak as the new leader of the Conservative Party – what has she said about dentistry so far? The Conservative
Kevin Lewis: ‘Enough is enough’
2024-10-30
Discussing the state of NHS dentistry, Kevin Lewis ponders the relative merits of too much, too little, and things we are told too often. Fifty
News you’ve missed this week – 19 October 2024
2024-10-19
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… The Dental Industry
