Dentists acting as ‘tax collectors’, government told
2016-07-20
The government has been told it is creating a false economy by increasing dental patient charges Dentists are being forced to act as ‘tax collectors’,
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NHS England and HEE announce first Dental Clinical Leadership fellowships
2016-02-18
NHS England and HEE have announced the first Dental Clinical Leadership fellowships NHS England and Health Education England have launched the first Dental Clinical Leadership fellowships
Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for England, writes to the dental profession
2016-01-20
Sara Hurley addresses the nation in a New Year’s message Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for England, has written a New Year message to the
NHS England appoints two new deputy chief dental officers
2015-11-16
Eric Rooney Janet Clarke and Eric Rooney have been appointed as deputy chief dental officers by NHS England. They will both work part time reporting
NHS England needs to fund preventive programmes
2015-10-02
NHS England and the CDO Sara Hurley (pictured above) need to start funding prevention schemes, Michael Watson says Michael Watson reviews some of the talks held
Fraud could be costing NHS England more than £5bn a year
2015-09-28
A new report has shown fraud could be costing NHS England more than £5bn a year NHS England could be losing around £5bn every year
Help your patients with Stoptober
2015-09-24
Get involved in Stoptober, which launches in October Stoptober – Public Health England’s (PHE) 28 day mass quit smoking campaign – will be launching again
Michael Watson calls for a ‘rubber windmill’ exercise to test the prototype contracts
2015-09-21
Michael Watson believes the prototype contracts should be tested before they’re implemented Is it time for another ‘rubber windmill’ exercise, this time to test the
Michael Watson posts an open letter response to Barry Cockcroft
2015-09-01
Michael Watson writes an open letter response to Barry Cockcroft over his recent comments about NHS England figures Michael Watson responds to Barry Cockcroft’s recent
Barry Cockcroft comments on the latest NHS England figures for dentistry
2015-08-27
Barry Cockcroft comments on the latest HSCIC figures Barry Cockcroft, former chief dental officer and non-executive director at Mydentist, comments on the latest NHS England
It may be wrong, but is it illegal?
2015-08-17
NHS England needs more powers to dictate what care is delivered and how, according to Michael Watson. Last week my eye was caught by the
NHS England backs down over plans for West Midlands
2015-08-07
NHS England retracts plans for the West Midlands NHS England has withdrawn its plans to oblige GDPs to provide information on oral surgery services they’re able
