The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its new Guidance on Reporting Matters to the GDC, consolidating reporting requirements for dental professionals into a single, comprehensive document. The new guidance will take effect from 1 February 2025 and clarifies the matters dental professionals must report to the GDC. The guidance brings together all reporting obligations—…
The General Dental Council (GDC) has announced that its move to holding dental professional hearings online is to be made permanent following a public consultation. The move follows the successful implementation of remote hearings in recent years, with data showing that 87% of the 508 substantive hearings held between January 2022 and May 2024 were…
The General Dental Council (GDC) today published the findings from its Stakeholder Survey 2023, showing both the progress made in recent years and areas where further improvements are needed to improve people’s views and experience of the GDC. The independent study conducted by YouGov explores perceptions of the dental regulator among dental professionals, students and…
BADN has always looked after its members – long before “wellbeing” became an overused buzzword. One of our aims as the professional association for dental nurses in the UK has always to provide easily accessible information and support to our members, thus relieving the stress of having to find it from various multiple sources. Finding…
A new Mouth Cancer Charter has been launched last Thursday by the Oral Health Foundation at the House of Commons. Created as part of November’s Mouth Cancer Action Month, the charter aims to show the necessary steps to reduce cases of mouth cancer and its mortality in the UK. The charter recommends seven measures aimed…
Leading global consumer healthcare company Haleon, which owns oral health brands like Sensodyne, Corsodyl and Aquafresh, has partnered with UK retailer Tesco on a pilot to deliver free oral health advice to shoppers. The Haleon Oral Health Hub will provide shoppers with free advice on how to best take care of their teeth and mouth…
The College of General Dentistry (CGDent) is seeking a new dental Trustee to support its historic mission to build a future Royal College for dentistry. Trustees contribute to the custodianship of the College and are central to the effective delivery of its mission. The Trustee Board works alongside the elected College Council, which oversees the professional affairs…
Community Dental Services CIC (CDS)’s Oral Health Improvement teams are raising public awareness of mouth cancer, through events held to support Mouth Cancer Action Month. The dedicated oral health teams of CDS will be taking part in various events and providing important information about the disease, including how to self-check, and the common signs and…
Community Dental Services CIC (CDS) has staged three days of action to address the crisis in children’s dental care – specifically to address the “Covid Generation” of children who have never seen a dentist, or whose continuity of dental care has been severely impacted by Covid. Working with commissioners, CDS identified where care would have…
The British Dental Association has said new data is now showing the real depth and breadth of the workforce crisis in NHS dentistry. NHS England data – published for the first time today – indicates that as of March 2024 over a fifth of positions (21%) for NHS general dentists were unfilled, with these vacancies…
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