Dental professional numbers stable and FtP cases down in 2022
THE numbers of registered dental professionals in the UK remained stable in 2022 with a 0.6 per cent increase compared to 2021, according to statistics published by the General Dental Council.
MDDUS seeks urgent clarification in the wake of GDC v Williams
MDDUS has written to the Office of the Chief Dental Officer (England) and NHS England to seek urgent clarification about the way NHS England will interpret the NHS dental charges and contracts regulations in relation to mixing NHS and private treatment.
Home testing kits for hepatitis C
PATIENTS in England at risk from hepatitis C will now be able to order self-testing kits.
GDC triples exam places for overseas candidates
THE General Dental Council will triple the number of places (to 600) for the August 2023 sitting of the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) Part 1 in response to growing demand.
Professional development: Know your patient, know yourself
Dental business coach Alun Rees reflects on the career advice he has never forgotten.
Children in England missing one-year dental check-up
OVER 6.5 million children in England were not seen by an NHS dentist in the year to June 2022, according to figures published by the Liberal Democrats.
Scotland withdraws guidance on the extended use of face coverings
SCOTTISH Government has announced the withdrawal of guidance on the extended use of face coverings in health and social care settings.
Insight Primary Q2 2023
In this issue:
- Online patient access - hot topic FAQs
- 10 questions to ask before giving feedback
- Risk: When a patient refuses a chaperone
- Practice management: Taking time off for elective surgery
- Risk: Prescribing controlled drugs
- Call log
- Innovation: Online tool reduces disparities in pregnancy risk assessment
- The mission to make the NHS greener
- Case file: Excessive SAR request
- Case file: Infected rash
- Case file: Threshold for a GMC investigation
- Viewpoint: Malpractice in the media
- Ethics: How should a person be?
- Vignette: Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick (1924 – 2017)
- Catalysing civility – resolving workplace conflict
More sunny weather raises skin cancer risk
OVER half (56 per cent) of young people (age 18 to 34) in the UK reported at least one case of sunburn in 2022, increasing the risk of future skin cancer.
Improved emergency waiting times "promising"
THE number of patients spending 12-hours or more in emergency departments from time of arrival fell by 30.5 per cent from March to April 2023, according to statistics from NHS England.