Insight Dental Q2 2022
In this issue:
- Call log
- Practice management: Dressing the part
- Advice: Who needs a mentor?
- Practice matters: Keep complaint records separate
- Tackling the backlog
- Conflict with colleagues – nipping issues in the bud
- Responding to online practice criticism
- Pitfalls in composite bonding
- No man’s land - the pioneering women of WW1
- Dental case study: Slow healing socket
- Dental case study: Adverse comment
- Dental case study: Dental insurance cover
- Dilemma: Covert recording made public
- Ethics: Lessons learned - ethical and educational
- Book choice: Recovery – The Lost Art of Convalescence
- Vignette: Elsie Widdowson (1906-2000)
New guidance aims to boost vaccine uptake
GP practices should have a named person in charge of vaccination services to increase uptake of routine vaccinations, according to new guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Healthcare professionals’ wellbeing must be prioritised in future workforce planning by NHS
Protecting health professionals’ wellbeing must be a top priority in workforce planning, says MDDUS head of medical division Dr Naeem Nazem.
Mental Health Awareness Week - Ms Moira Duncan
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we find out how Ms Moira Duncan, dento-legal adviser at MDDUS, looks after her own mental health and wellbeing.
Mental Health Awareness Week - Dr Emily Shepherd
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we find out how Dr Emily Shepherd, medico-legal adviser at MDDUS, looks after her own mental health and wellbeing.
Survey reveals "deepening crisis" in access to NHS dental care in England
A SURVEY of adults in England has revealed that 41 per cent of respondents found it difficult to book an NHS dental appointment and 24 per cent said they had to pay privately to get all their required treatment.
Backlog in child tooth extractions
DENTAL extractions performed on decayed teeth in children aged 0-19 reduced by over half between 2019/20 and 2020/21 despite no change in demand.
GMC appoints new chair
DAME Carrie MacEwen has been appointed chair of the General Medical Council (GMC) by the Privy Council.
Mental Health Awareness Week - Mr Stephen Henderson
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we find out how Mr Stephen Henderson, head of dental division and dental adviser, looks after his own mental health and wellbeing.
MDDUS comments on the appointment of Dame Carrie MacEwen as chair of the General Medical Council
MDDUS chief medical officer John Holden congratulates Dame Carrie McEwen on her appointment as chair of the General Medical Council.
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