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New polling from Healthwatch England shows 41% of adults are struggling to access care, with nearly half (49%) saying that patient charge levels are unfair given the mounting cost of living. The shortage of appointments is hitting those on low incomes the hardest, and so we have backed calls from...

Many patients in south-west England are being left in dental pain because they are unable to register for NHS care, with some so desperate that they are even resorting to DIY treatment, it has emerged. The charity Healthwatch in Somerset has reported that it is almost impossible for a new...

The BDA have responded to the latest report from the Association of Dental Groups (ADG), stressing that anything short of fundamentally reforming the broken contract is doomed to failure. New figures show over 2000 dentists left the NHS in England in the last year as of January 2022, down from...

The BDA has appointed Professor Justin Durham to the role of chief scientific advisor. Professor Durham is currently Head of the School of Dental Sciences at Newcastle University and holds a personal chair in orofacial pain. He has wide-ranging research experience from early-stage biosciences research through translational studies and into...

In order to inform that legislation, the Department of Health and Social Care has launched a public consultation seeking views on how it proposes to consult on future water fluoridation schemes. The consultation will run from 8 April to 3 June. We will be responding as an organisation, but responses are also welcomed...

The BDA have slammed moves by government to effectively return to normal working arrangements for NHS dentists in England. The move comes with no meaningful changes to the pandemic restrictions dental teams work to and with infection rates now at an all-time high. For the financial quarter starting 1 April...

The dental profession has criticised the delay in NHS England confirming the latest targets and contract arrangements for dental teams. The British Dental Association (BDA) said it is ‘frankly unacceptable’ that targets are yet to be communicated. They also argue that practices need a chance to plan ‘at the bare...

A remedy has been announced to resolve age discrimination in public sector pensions in the UK. These changes will affect many dentists including, but not limited to, those on NHS Pension Scheme. From 1 April 2022 all NHS workers will only have access to the 2015 NHS Pension Scheme, you...

T British Dental Association Wales has called for an increase in funding from the Welsh Government amid accusations of “historic underfunding” compared to the rest of the UK. At the weekend Welsh Conservatives urged the government to introduce a fair funding settlement for NHS dentistry in Wales and claimed that...

The BDA joins other organisations in the health sector in the UK and around the globe to express its deep concern about the war in Ukraine and the huge humanitarian crisis that has resulted since the Russian invasion of the country. The international dental organisations of which we are members...