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Latest news

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.

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.

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.

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.

A billion in cuts

With millions struggling to access care, government spending on NHS dentistry has seen the biggest annual cut in decades, according to accounts set before parliament today.

Access crisis has a body count – please share your feedback

With ongoing access issues, fuelling oral health problems we are calling on dentists UK-wide to share their feedback on what they are seeing at the chairside.

Mirror joins call for real reform of NHS dentistry

We are delighted to see the Daily Mirror launch a new national campaign to save NHS dentistry.

The amalgam ban: What you need to know

The European Parliament has voted to ban dental amalgam - the most common material for NHS permanent fillings in all corners of the UK - from 1 January 2025.

Time to take energy drinks off the menu for under-16s

We are urgently calling on policy makers to reignite plans to restrict sales of energy drinks to children.

Clawback: Brace yourself for a double whammy

Practices in England need to prepare, as record breaking clawback levels risk becoming the new normal.

Antimicrobial resistance awareness week resources

Ahead of World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week, and throughout the year, we continue to work nationally and internationally to address the role of dentistry in AMR.

Single use plastics ban

Members in England have contacted us due to concerns about the ban on single use plastic items which is coming into effect on 1 October 2023.