The British Dental Association (BDA) has welcomed the government's move to open a consultation on ending mandatory vaccination, but stressed that collateral damage among the workforce remains likely given the number of colleagues who have already made plans to leave the service and the uncertainty now facing staff in the weeks ahead.
Dental Protection has welcomed a Department of Health and Social Care consultation on proposals to limit the legal costs that can be recovered by claimant lawyers for lower value clinical negligence claims, but believes more could be done to ensure such a scheme benefits dentistry.
According to a study by The University of Leeds, dentists could significantly increase the number of patients they see during the pandemic by switching the drills they use.
On October 29, a group of key opinion leaders (KOLs) gathered on the Southbank in London with Johnson & Johnson Ltd. for their 2021 National Advisory Panel event.
A senior dentist has been suspended after he told a female nurse that her eyes reminded him of the hypnotic snake Kaa from the animated Disney film, The Jungle Book.
A new study of Chinese older adults led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing has found that older adults who are socially isolated are more likely to have missing teeth—and to lose their teeth more quickly over time—than those with more social interaction.
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) congratulates Ian Mills on becoming the first recipient of the College Medal – the highest honour of the newly formed College of General Dentistry (CGDent).
Two news stories were both shared in the last week which detailed patients having to travel hundreds of miles in order to access dental care.
An upcoming change to the law means that all frontline healthcare staff will need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by April 1, 2022.
The College of General Dentistry (CGDent) and British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) are warning of a potential catastrophe for dental patients if the planned implementation of mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for all patient-facing staff in England is not deferred.
Rosie Cooper, MP for West Lancashire, is introducing the British Sign Language (BSL) Bill to parliament, and on January 28, it will be debated for the first time.
The British Dental Association (BDA) Scotland has called on the Scottish government to strongly support NHS dentistry to address the large reduction in patients visiting the dentist, as new data reveals further decreases in attendance and ever-widening inequalities.
In the latest ‘NHS dentistry and oral health update’, Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for England, and Ali Sparke, director for dentistry, community pharmacy, optometry and the NHS standard contract, revealed that “the NHS will provide patients with hundreds of thousands more dental appointments, thanks to a £50 million funding injection”.
The latest NHS dentistry and oral health update included a reminder about the upcoming vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
New research has revealed that a huge 81 per cent of workers in the healthcare industry are interested in learning new work skills in 2022, over-indexing against the nation’s average of 70 per cent.
