Copiously illustrated and written in a reader-friendly style, this completely updated and revised edition guides a path through the everyday problems encountered in general practice as well as the rarer and more serious lesions.
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The British Dental Association (BDA) is encouraging dentists to play a role in the UK’s No Smoking Day campaign this spring, run by the British Dental Health Foundation and the British Heart Foundation.
Date: 25/01/2012
The rate of tooth decay in five-year-old children has been included in a newly-published list of indicators that will be used to hold national and local government, the NHS and Public Health England to account.
The UK has until May 2013 to ensure the EU Directive on prevention of sharps injuries has been implemented into national legislation. The Health and Safety Executive are seeking the views of the dental profession to help inform this process.
The British Dental Association (BDA) has appealed to NHS Choices to consider the way that comments about dental practices posted on its site are moderated.
Date: 23/01/2012
The British Dental Association has urged the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to consider a number of issues that it feels could be impacting on the functioning of the dental market in the United Kingdom. The BDA’s submission to the OFT inquiry into the UK dentistry market, makes recommendations in a number of areas.
Date: 20/01/2012
This year will be every bit as challenging for general dental practitioners in England as 2011 was, the Chair of the General Dental Practice Committee, Dr John Milne, has predicted.
Date: 19/01/2012
The British Dental Association (BDA) has launched a survey of members’ views on the acceptability of the Government’s proposed changes to NHS pensions. It is also, for the first time ever, seeking members’ views on the appropriateness of dentists taking industrial action if such a course of action is considered necessary.
Date: 16/01/2012
The British Dental Association is seeking action from both the Department of Health and COPDEND following the recent, well-publicised problems with the new application process and availability of places for Dental Foundation Training.
Date: 13/01/2012
A small number of announced IR(ME)R inspections of Scottish dental practices are due to take place in April and May this year. In advance of these inspections the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has prepared new guidance together with example 'Employer’s Written Procedures' that are required under the legislation.
Date: 12/01/2012
The Scottish Government has recently announced (29 December) that, on an interim basis, discretionary points should be paid in 2012-13 for work done in 2011-12.
Date: 11/01/2012
Dental practices in England are reminded to install the HTM 01-05 Audit tool CD-ROM distributed by the Department of Health in December last year.
The Chair of the British Dental Association (BDA) Executive Board, Dr Susie Sanderson, has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The award, given as part of the 2012 New Year Honours, was conferred for services to dentistry.
Date: 04/01/2012
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