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New workforce data must drive new approach to tackling crisis in NHS
The British Dental Association has responded to changes to NHS England’s workforce data collection, stressing new numbers must underpin effective strategies for easing the crisis in NHS dentistry.
Date: 02 October 2023
New workforce data must drive new approach to tackling crisis in NHS
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Dentists: Government must stop dragging heels on digital democracy
The British Dental Association has urged government to move forward action to enable trade unions to conduct their statutory elections online.
Date: 12 September 2023
Dentists: Government must stop dragging heels on digital democracy
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Ministers to Dentists: Keep NHS afloat out of your own pockets
The British Dental Association has said government has effectively told the profession it cannot afford NHS dentistry, as it prepares to impose an approach to pay that will leave a gaping hole in the service’s budget which practices across England will be expected to fill.
Date: 07 September 2023
Ministers to Dentists: Keep NHS afloat out of your own pockets
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Dentists: 4am queues for NHS care risk becoming the new normal
The British Dental Association has urged government to step up as Leigh, Greater Manchester, joined the growing list of locations where struggling patients have queued from the break of dawn to secure access to NHS dentistry.
Date: 05 September 2023
Dentists: 4am queues for NHS care risk becoming the new normal
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NHS dentistry: No return to ‘business as usual’ for struggling service
The British Dental Association has stressed latest official figures show there is no prospect of NHS dentistry bouncing back to pre-COVID levels without radical and urgent change.
Date: 24 August 2023
NHS dentistry: No return to ‘business as usual’ for struggling service
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NHS dentistry: Reform must not be a final destination
The British Dental Association has said Scottish Government reforms to NHS dentistry fall short of the root and branch change required to make the service fit for the 2020s.
Date: 27 July 2023
NHS dentistry: Reform must not be a final destination
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No sign of recovery plan as unmet need for NHS dentistry hits record high
As parliament prepares to break for summer recess, the British Dental Association has expressed its dismay at government's failure to honour pledges to implement a recovery plan for NHS dentistry, now facing the gravest access problems in its history.
Date: 20 July 2023
No sign of recovery plan as unmet need for NHS dentistry hits record high
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Ministers have moral duty to act, as kids face yearlong waits for extractions
Ministers must show they are willing to put prevention at the heart of NHS dentistry, as new figures from the Liberal Democrats show children in some parts of England are now waiting up to 18 months for dental procedures under general anaesthetic, principally tooth extractions.
Date: 19 July 2023
Ministers have moral duty to act, as kids face yearlong waits for extractions
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BMA and BDA 'dismayed' at real-terms pay cut for uniformed doctors and dentists
BMA Armed Forces Committee Chair Colonel Mark Weir and BDA Armed Forces Committee Chair Surgeon Captain (D) (Retired) Mike Gall respond to the pay award announced by the Government for doctors and dentists in the Armed Forces, which is 5% for 2023/24 and a £1,000 consolidated sum.
Date: 18 July 2023
BMA and BDA 'dismayed' at real-terms pay cut for uniformed doctors and dentists
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NHS dentistry inquiry: Act now or condemn service to oblivion
The British Dental Association has warned NHS dentistry's future will rest on both government and opposition committing to the recommendations set out by the Health and Social Care Committee today.
Date: 14 July 2023
NHS dentistry inquiry: Act now or condemn service to oblivion
