Unfolding the political landscape

2015-05-18

Michael Watson reviews the recent political shake up For those of us who follow the comings and goings of the ‘Westminster Village’, the making of

Prototypes ‘unambitious’ and ‘unacceptable’

2015-05-15

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

Out of this world

2015-05-14

Kevin Lewis reviews the NHS’ ‘never events list’ and what might happen if a ‘never event’ is reported to the GDC. Depending upon whether you

Type B prototypes closest to Steele’s original vision

2015-05-08

Type B prototypes closest to Steele’s recommendations Professor Jimmy Steele has claimed the type B prototypes are closest to the approach he had envisaged. Three

Sara Hurley announced as new chief dental officer

2015-04-28

Sara Hurley has been announced as the new CDO Sara Hurley BDS(UBrist) MFGDP(UK) MSc(UCL) MA(KCL) has been announced by NHS England as the new chief

Nothing in government manifestos for dentistry

2015-04-27

Dentistry not mentioned in any of the general election manifestos Dentistry is not mentioned once in any of the general election manifestos of the big

The pension shake-up – five things all dentists need to know

2015-04-27

Michael Copeland looks at five things every dentist should understand about the new pension freedom rules. In April this year, changes were introduced to not

Reflecting on the future of the NHS

2015-04-22

Claire Roberts gives her views on the future of NHS dentistry Following publication of the independent NHS confidence monitor survey commissioned by Practice Plan and

The ethical limit

2015-04-21

Neel Kothari questions whether there should be an ethical limit to the number of UDAs handed out to dentists. The difficulty with defining ethical dentistry

Eddie Crouch responds to the ‘seismic shift’ in prototype contracts

2015-04-14

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.

Are we dealing with creeping normality?

2015-04-13

Nigel Jones takes a look at how the forthcoming planned changes within NHS dentistry may or may not creep up on NHS dental professionals. It

Ethical limit of UDAs

2015-04-10

Neel Kothari reveals the stark difference in UDAs claimed between NHS dentists (click on image to view a larger version) Neel Kothari reveals the stark