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Welfare reform has pushed millions away from NHS dentistry

With up to half a million recipients of Tax Credit Certificates set to lose their access to free NHS dental care from April 6 we have interrogated official data, and found millions of patients have stopped accessing NHS dentistry since the transition to Universal Credit (UC), since transition began under the last government.

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7 days ago

Wales: Question now is whether reforms can end crisis

The Welsh Government has now launched its consultation on reform of NHS dentistry, and we will be reaching out to dentists to get the clearest picture from our members.

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Tuesday 25 Mar 2025

“We’re not all in this together”: Treasury cuts leave £1.5bn hole in budget

Dental charges are set to rise again this April, so business as usual with more stealth cuts.

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Thursday 20 Mar 2025

Honesty and transparency remain in short supply

We remain clear that honesty and transparency remain the bare minimum requirement from the Welsh Government, after a statement in the Senedd in which both were in short supply.

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Wednesday 19 Mar 2025

Northern Ireland: Fixing the CDS workforce crisis - The starting gun has been fired

We’ve issued the challenge to the authorities in Northern Ireland that workforce growth in the community dental services needs to start now.

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Wednesday 19 Mar 2025

Northern Ireland: Demanding clarity on backpay

We are insisting on urgent clarity on pay for GDPs in Northern Ireland, following a Department of Health announcement that backdated pay will not be implemented until at least May 2025.

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Friday 14 Mar 2025

Dental public health – vital jobs left on the line

With NHSE set to be abolished, we're leading the defence of a vital dental public function and calling for funds to be put to work on the frontline

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Thursday 13 Mar 2025

Class 4 Medicines Defect Notification: Azithromycin 250 mg capsules

Jubilant Pharmaceuticals NV has warned of the wrong Patient Information Leaflet (PIL).

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Wednesday 12 Mar 2025

Charges to rise: More stealth cuts from the Treasury

The latest increase in NHS patient charges have landed, another round of ‘stealth cuts’ that will not put a penny into the cash-strapped service.

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Tuesday 11 Mar 2025

Updates to the Scottish Dental Access Initiative and Recruitment and Retention Allowance

The latest remuneration changes in Scotland.

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Sunday 9 Mar 2025

Dentists: Skimping on urgent care is fuelling antibiotic resistance

In an open letter to Wes Streeting, we have warned that a failure to fully meet demand for urgent dental care will only increase the pressures on our health service, as antibiotics become a substitute for treatment.

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Friday 7 Mar 2025

Something to smile about: Supervised brushing rollout

We are now seeing the rollout of supervised brushing in early years settings in England. The policy, launching today, will target hundreds of thousands of 3–5-year-olds in the most deprived areas from April.

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How can we make urgent care work for practices and patients?

GDPC Member Mark Green explains how flexible commissioning yields immediate benefits as a stop gap, but what we really need now is urgent reform of the dental contract.

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Can we fix NHS dentistry?

We had the right diagnosis for a generation. Help us write the prescription.

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The number one roadblock to reform

Shiv Pabary shares how top health officials were dragged to Westminster to account for past failure on an unfunded, unambitious recovery plan, but also where the new Government goes next.

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Associate Agreements and the New Patient Premium

James Goldman, Associate Director of Advisory Services at the BDA, on what the New Patient Premium means for associates.

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