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The rate of tooth decay in five-year-old children has been included in a newly-published list of indicators that will be used to hold national and local government, the NHS and Public Health England to account.
Date: 25/01/2012
The British Dental Association has urged the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to consider a number of issues that it feels could be impacting on the functioning of the dental market in the United Kingdom. The BDA’s submission to the OFT inquiry into the UK dentistry market, makes recommendations in a number of areas.
Date: 20/01/2012
The British Dental Association (BDA) has launched a survey of members’ views on the acceptability of the Government’s proposed changes to NHS pensions. It is also, for the first time ever, seeking members’ views on the appropriateness of dentists taking industrial action if such a course of action is considered necessary.
Date: 16/01/2012
The British Dental Association Library has a range of new materials that can help you keep up-to-date with both the clinical and business aspects of your practice.
Date: 11/01/2012
The quality and availability of oral healthcare for older adults remains an issue, and insufficient priority is being given to making improvements, the British Dental Association has warned in a new report.
Date: 10/01/2012
The Chair of the British Dental Association (BDA) Executive Board, Dr Susie Sanderson, has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The award, given as part of the 2012 New Year Honours, was conferred for services to dentistry.
Date: 04/01/2012
Following intensive discussions between the Department of Health and the unions over the past few weeks, a final ‘heads of agreement’ was determined on 19 December which represents the Government’s final position on the main elements of the revised scheme.
Date: 22/12/2011
British Dental Association (BDA) members are being asked to check the personal details the BDA holds for them are up to date.
Date: 19/12/2011
The Government has revealed the numbers of final-year dental students who attended last month’s interviews for the national recruitment scheme into dental foundation training.
Date: 16/12/2011
In the face of hospital unit service closures, local health boards need to ensure they invest in the training of general dental practitioners in routine oral surgery work, to ensure that patients can access care appropriately, British Dental Association Wales has said.
Date: 08/12/2011
The Chair of the British Dental Association’s General Dental Practice Committee today (2 December) told a meeting of Local Dental Committees that he would not hesitate to condemn a flawed dental contract if that is what emerges from the pilots currently going on in England. Dr John Milne reminded delegates that he did exactly that when confronted with the deeply flawed PDS Plus contract that the Department of Health foisted on the dental profession in 2009.
Date: 02/12/2011
The BDA triennial elections process has now progressed to the ballot stage for the craft committees in 42 constituencies.
Date: 25/11/2011
National Director of BDA Wales, Stuart Geddes, analyses the tensions between providing quality services for patients in Wales and the issue of cost – particularly in a challenging economic climate, in a new blog post.
Date: 08/11/2011
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