All Dentistry articles – Page 3
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CommentFunding of restorative dentistry is a cause for concern
A survey into how restorative dentistry is paid for has found wide disparity in the funding of the service in the UK, which leads to variations in the service provided, note Ulpee Darbar and Ishpinder Kaur Toor
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NewsPrimary care underspend helps counter trust deficits
NHS England and local commissioners underspent on their primary care budgets by almost £200m in 2016-17, which helped offset the £791m deficit in the provider sector, new figures reveal.
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HSJ Local
Children face ‘heart breaking’ delays for dental surgery
Children forced to wait up to a year for tooth extractions under general anaesthetic More than 1,500 children on the waiting list across all providers in Greater Manchester Dealing with the problems escalated to NHS England Leaders in Greater Manchester have drawn up plans to address a crisis ...
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon tenders £67m ‘integrated’ urgent care contract
COMMERCIAL: Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has invited organisations to tender for a £66.8m urgent care services contract, which includes out of hours GP services in the county.
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News'Single tribunal' could judge all health profession cases
A single statutory panel could be established to judge fitness to practice cases for all health professionals, the chair of the General Dental Council has suggested.
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HSJ KnowledgeGive medical training more teeth
Lessons from a pioneering approach in dental education
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HSJ KnowledgeSet up a commissioning network with bite
Developing new networks for NHS dental services
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NewsFall in number of dentists earning £200,000-plus
The number of dentists earning more than £200,000 a year dropped slightly to around 700 in 2011-12, new figures show.
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HSJ Local
Cumbria falls down on dental decontamination
PERFORMANCE: Half the dental facilities run by Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust do not meet the requirements for dental decontamination, the board has been warned.
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HSJ Local
Wrong tooth removed by Doncaster and Bassetlaw
PERFORMANCE: A patient had the wrong tooth removed in February at Doncaster and Basssetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust – which is reported as a never event.
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HSJ Local
CQC criticises County Durham dental surgeries
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has issues a warning over standards at two dental surgeries in County Durham.
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CommentReaders' letters - 20 September 2012
CCG authorisation conditions should be framed in a way that helps the new organisations focus on the areas they can reasonably influence, says Matthew Harker
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CommentSally Gainsbury: immigrants don't hurt the NHS; dentists do
Is NHS Protect targeting low-hanging fruit?
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HSJ Local
Extra million boosts NHS dentistry in Surrey
FINANCE: NHS Surrey has announced it is investing an extra £1m in the county’s high street dentists in order to boost NHS capacity.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bolton secures £150,000 to help clear dental waiting lists
FINANCE: The primary care trust has secured £150,000 to help clear 2,000 patients from the waiting list for NHS dentistry, according to its latest performance report.
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HSJ Local
South Tees Hospitals considers centralising specialist orthodontics
STRUCTURE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is considering centralising its specialist orthodontic services.
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HSJ Local
Leicester children suffer poor access to dentistry
FINANCE: Despite poor oral health among children in Leicester, there is not enough money to ensure sufficient access to dentists.
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NewsDH social enterprise scheme draws just three bids
There have been just three expressions of interest to set up social enterprises under the Department of Health’s “right to provide” scheme, none of which have been approved.
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HSJ Local
First dental practice to start up in Doncaster for a decade
STRUCTURE: The first new dental practice to start up in the Doncaster area in more than 10 years has earned the seal of approval of the country’s top dentist.
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HSJ Local
Bucks PCT to miss dental access target
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire primary care trust is expecting to miss its target for patients accessing dental services after extra provision commissioned to meet demand was cancelled.