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General election 2024

Ask your next MP to make NHS dentistry a priority

Dentistry is set to be a headline issue in the UK General Election. Polling from YouGov shows, that as a local concern, voters are placing dentistry above traditional doorstep issues like schools, and even crime. Our message goes to all parties: We need more than tweaks if NHS dentistry is going to survive. Help us urge your local candidates to commit to making dentistry a top priority on 4 July.

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Latest news

Scotland: Share your views with the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry

The Let’s Be Heard team has developed a specific survey to help the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry understand your views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Northern Ireland: GDS crisis raised with Stormont Health Committee

On Thursday, we briefed Members of the Legislative Assembly on the seriousness of the situation unfolding within Health Service dentistry.

England: Tie-ins won’t halt exodus from service

‘Tying-in’ inexperienced younger dentists will never compensate for the ongoing losses of older, experienced colleagues fuelled by the discredited NHS contract

Extend miscarriage leave for NHS GDPs

We are calling on NHS England to extend its recently updated miscarriage policy for NHS GDPs.

DoH confirms move on trainee pay scales

The Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed that Dental Core Trainees (DCTs) in Northern Ireland will no longer be paid at Foundation Year 2, but will be placed on higher StR pay scales.

NHS Practitioner Health lives on, but needs a long term future

NHS England have finally commuted an eleventh-hour death sentence for NHS Practitioner Health coverage for hospital dentists and doctors.

Stormont warned NHS dentistry in its ‘final days’

This service needs a lifeline, if we’re going to protect it from the hammer blow of the ban on amalgam fillings.

Charge hike a slap in the face for hard pressed families

Another year, another round of stealth cuts.

Provisional registration plans: Ministers try to fill leaky bucket

Once again government is failing to address the root causes of the crisis in NHS dentistry, with plans to fast-track in overseas dentists through a new system of provisional registration.

Reality check: Migrants not to blame for crisis in NHS dentistry

With government backbenchers and Reform Party leaders trying to pin the crisis in dentistry on migrants, we’ve spelled out the facts.

Dentists in NI have spoken: Real reform won’t wait

Dentists across Northern Ireland have spoken with one voice: officials are asleep at the wheel, and Health Service dentistry is caught in a death spiral without radical action.

Treasury tokenism won’t stop dental crisis becoming election issue

According to recent media reports, “hundreds of millions” could be coming in the Spring budget. We welcome the change in tune from the Treasury, but the shape of this policy raises some real questions.