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
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
‘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
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
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.
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
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.
Just over half of adults report having an NHS dentist in the last month – with one third having private treatment. This is according to
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
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
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
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