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The Mirror reports on the case of a dentist in the US who is thought to have repeatedly poisoned his wife's protein shakes so he could be with his mistress. A dentist repeatedly poisoned his wife's protein shakes so he could be with with his mistress, police believe. James Craig,...

The Health Service Journal (HSJ) is reporting calls for an investigation into the funding arrangements for Suffolk Dental Community Interest Company (CIC). This follows payment by Health Education England (HEE) of £1.5m last year to a project at Suffolk University, to set up a social enterprise to provide dental care,...

The Daily Mail reports doctors are unwittingly funding junk-food companies through membership of their regulator, an investigation found. The General Medical Council has investments totalling nearly £870,000 in the food or soft drink companies Nestlé, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, and Unilever, which owns ice cream brands Magnum, Wall’s, and Ben...

The BBC reports hospital emergency departments are under severe pressure with some experiencing their "busiest Monday of the year so far", says NHS England's medical director. With a junior doctor strike happening at the same time, Prof Sir Stephen Powis is asking the public to use services appropriately. NHS 111...

STV News reports on actor Brendan Fraser’s visit to a dental practice on the Square in Glasgow whilst filming last year. If there’s one thing Tinseltown is known for, it is the gleaming Hollywood smile. And one dentistry practise in Glasgow now has an Oscar winner on their books. Dentistry...

Universities say they could double their intake of medical students with a £1.2 billion investment over five years, the Times reports. Vice-chancellors want Jeremy Hunt to pledge more than a billion pounds to double places for trainee doctors in the budget. University bosses have written to the chancellor, The Times...

The Times reports doctors are so stressed at work because of “insurmountable pressures” that they are developing chest pain and need treatment, the Royal College of GPs says. At the same time the annual NHS staff survey has shown serious concerns about patient care, along with low morale and high...

A dentist is suing the BBC over allegations that television executives stole elements of her screenplay and used them in a long-running crime series reports The Times. Donna Molavi, who took time out from her Harley Street dental practice to produce several screenplays, accused the BBC of having “copied” her...

Dentists could be offered "financial incentives" to move to parts of north Northumberland to boost capacity, the BBC reports. Two NHS dental practices in Berwick-upon-Tweed have closed since the Covid-19 pandemic, piling pressure on others. An NHS official told councillors that attempts to find a partner willing to deliver services...

PensionsAge reports that the government has confirmed that it will proceed with 'major' changes to the NHS Pension Scheme, with plans to implement pensionable re-employment and permanently remove the 16-hour rule from 1 April 2023. his is alongside further changes to the scheme rules from 1 April 2023 to address...