News Wednesday 15 May 2024 Honours and awards: Mili Doshi receives new Award for Excellence Honours and awards: Mili Doshi receives new Award for Excellence
News Thursday 18 Apr 2024 Scotland: Update on Quality Improvement Activity 2022-25 cycle and Enhanced Domiciliary Care Fees Scotland: Update on Quality Improvement Activity 2022-25 cycle and Enhanced Domiciliary Care Fees
News Tuesday 20 Feb 2024 Advice following measles outbreak The NHS have released guidance following a measles outbreak in the Midlands and Yorkshire areas, stating that organisations should have immunisation status/records available for all staff (clinical and non-clinical).
News Monday 19 Feb 2024 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.
News Monday 12 Feb 2024 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.
News Friday 9 Feb 2024 Northern Ireland: We urge Health Minister to include dentists in imminent negotiations on pay Now Stormont is back, we have written to Health Minister Robin Swann outlining the mounting pay issues impacting dentistry.
News Monday 5 Feb 2024 Victorian dentistry in 21st Century Britain A recovery plan for NHS dentistry is seemingly just days from publication, and it couldn’t come any sooner.
News Friday 2 Feb 2024 Children paying the price for dental crisis Once again we’re seeing the results of Ministers dragging their heels on policies that could narrow the huge oral health gap among children.
News Tuesday 30 Jan 2024 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.
News Monday 29 Jan 2024 Scotland: Updated requirements for waste audits NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) have provided further clarity on recently published waste audit requirements.
News Saturday 27 Jan 2024 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.
Blog Wednesday 14 Feb 2024 Ranking your Dental Foundation Training schemes Paul Blaylock, BDA Board member and Chair of the Students Committee, answers the most frequently asked questions on ranking your Dental Foundation Training (DFT) schemes.
Blog Tuesday 23 Jan 2024 Navigating your Dental Foundation Training The transition from a university environment to working in your approved practice can feel daunting. Despite looking forward to this transition throughout your final year of dental school, independently conducting examinations and treatment planning may seem intimidating.
Blog Tuesday 31 Oct 2023 Taking your Situational Judgement Test All applicants to DFT must take the Situational Judgment Test, which is a computer-based assessment designed to determine essential competencies outlined in the national Person Specification.
Blog Friday 24 Feb 2023 4 things you need to know about your pay We fight your corner as the Government, once again, intends to impose significant real terms pay cuts on NHS dentists.
Blog Thursday 23 Feb 2023 The challenges facing dental students of today Students today face several challenges, from managing finances and fees alongside cost of living to the dedication and hard work required to complete the course.
Blog Wednesday 15 Feb 2023 Is the UDA-only contract a port in the storm? We look at why the UDA-only option might work better for some practices in the forthcoming financial year and examine the journey of leaving contract reform and reverting to the UDA-only contract.
Blog Friday 10 Feb 2023 The year ahead This year we look for a way forward after the significant challenges faced by the dental profession over the past 12 months.
Blog Friday 10 Feb 2023 GDS contract reform at difficult crossroads After 10 months of working with new GDS volumetrics, or the UDA-only option, we have provided an overview of the choices NHS dentists are facing for 2023-24.
Blog Wednesday 1 Feb 2023 Keeping dentistry viable A year after becoming Chair of the Northern Ireland Dental Practice Committee (NIDPC), the word Sisyphean feels especially appropriate when describing the challenges we face in trying to make NHS dentistry work.