Dentistry
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has partnered with Members of Parliament to secure a debate in the House of Commons focusing on the health and wellbeing of doctors. Sponsored by Dr Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, the Welfare of Doctors debate called for the government and NHS leaders to take more steps to improve… Read more »
Harriet Harman has today put forward an amendment to the Government’s Hereditary Peers Bill which aims to end the automatic right of Church of England bishops to sit in the House of Lords. The amendment has been tabled with the support of Humanists UK and it is expected that it will be cosponsored by crossbench… Read more »
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Trainee dentists will be allocated to areas with the greatest patient demand, the government announced today. Amid concerns that younger dentists are rejected the NHS in favour of lucrative private work, the government has announced measures to target trainee dentists at areas most in need of NHS services. Forty extra vocational training places will be… Read more »
Many patients are being forced to go private or even treat themselves, according to a new survey of dentistry in England. Following the introduction of new dental contracts for NHS dentists in April 2006, the Dentistry Watch study from the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH), polled 5,212 patients and 750 dentists… Read more »