Dentistry: Access crisis piling pressure across NHS
The British Dental Association has said figures from the Labour Party on the nearly 70,000 patients who sought dental care in emergency departments last year...
Dentistry
The Dentistry category focuses on oral health and dental practice, exploring topics from disease prevention and treatment to innovations in care. It offers practical insight into common conditions, patient experience, professional practice and emerging research, all aimed at supporting better oral wellbeing.
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...
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 communities where struggling patients have queued...
8.4m Brits have knocked out a tooth
More than 8.4 million or 16% of Brits have knocked out a tooth at some point due to injury, fall or other trauma, with sport...
Workforce plan attempting to handcuff dentists to sinking ship
The British Dental Association has expressed deep concern that the new NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is setting out aspirations to tie dental graduates to...
NHS Workforce Plan missing core elements
Responding to latest reports on the details expected in the NHS Workforce Plan, the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has warned that short-term solutions...
BSPD launches ‘Rights from the Start’ initiative
Launching on 9 June 2023, BSPD’s new ‘Rights from the Start’ initiative will shine a spotlight on children and young people’s rights. Mrs Jenny Harris,...
Charity backs landmark oral health prevention report
Charity backs landmark oral health prevention report: A leading national charity is backing the release of a landmark new report that aims to reduce the...
Dentistry: Exodus accelerates
The British Dental Association has urged government to drop any pretence that NHS dentistry is on the road to recovery and finally deliver a meaningful...
“Crisis? What Crisis?”
The British Dental Association has slammed the Prime Minister’s latest attempts to gloss over the crisis in dentistry. In response to questions from Norwich’s Clive...
