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Referrals - who, why, when, how?

Dental adviser and Insight editor Sarah Harford offers advice on common challenges dentists face when referring patients

  • 18 February 2022
  • Article
  • Insight - Dental
  • Q1

Study urges dental professionals to seek expert legal advice when facing fitness to practise concerns

Dental professionals facing fitness to practise concerns are being urged by the General Dental Council to engage legal representation.

  • 17 February 2022
  • Press release

Call to end “unnecessary delay” in registering overseas dentists

THE GDC has announced support for new government proposals to amend legislation causing delay in international routes to registration.

  • 09 February 2022
  • News

Wide variation in pandemic impact on dental teams

THERE is wide variation in the way dental teams in Scotland are coping with the pressures of the pandemic, new research has shown.

  • 03 February 2022
  • News

U-turn on mandatory vaccine for healthcare staff

HEALTHCARE leaders in England are being advised not to serve termination notices to unvaccinated staff as the government prepares to withdraw measures to make vaccination a condition of deployment.

  • 02 February 2022
  • News

Antibiotic cover

...It is alleged that had Ms G's concerns been properly heeded and antibiotic cover provided, she would have avoided unnecessary surgery and a hospital stay...

  • 31 January 2022
  • Case study

Disclosure of patient records

Knowing how to respond appropriately to different types of access requests poses an ongoing challenge for busy practices.

  • 31 January 2022
  • Risk alert

Survey suggests quarter of dental nurses unvaccinated

JUST over a quarter of dental nurses have not yet received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccination according to a survey conducted by the British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN).

  • 28 January 2022
  • News

“Bleak” figures highlight access gap in NHS dentistry

JUST over half of registered patients (52.6 per cent) in Scotland had seen an NHS dentist within the last two years as of 30 September 2021, according to statistics highlighted by the Scottish BDA.

  • 28 January 2022
  • News

Funding boost for dental appointments

DENTAL practices in England are being given a £50 million funding boost in a bid to increase the number of appointments.

  • 28 January 2022
  • News

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