News you’ve missed this week – 1 March 2025
2025-03-01
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… Should the next
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MPs call for more action to tackle dental crisis
2025-02-27
All four Labour MPs representing Dorset have joined forces to urge the government to tackle the dental desert created in the county. Jessica Toale (Bournemouth
NHS dentistry: 700,000 extra urgent appointments set to be rolled out
2025-02-21
Thousands of patients across England will be able to access urgent and emergency dental care as the government and NHS rolls out 700,000 extra urgent
Dental recovery plan has failed, NHS leaders admit
2025-02-14
The previous government’s proposed dental recovery plan has not been successful, NHS leaders have acknowledged. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard from senior government officials
Will 2025 be an economic disaster for the dental sector?
2025-02-10
As financial pressures grow, Neel Kothari warns that neither NHS nor private dentistry is immune to rising costs and reduced patient spending. For as long
BDA elects new General Dental Practice Committee chair
2025-02-10
‘A make or break moment for NHS dentistry’: Shiv Pabary has been elected the new chair of the British Dental Associations’s General Dental Practice Committee
Dental clinics and urgent visits: what does NHS dental access look like as 2025 begins?
2025-01-30
More urgent dental appointments and free dental clinics are among some of the measures being taken to tackle the NHS dental crisis. Plymouth will see
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.
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