The British Dental Association has said figures from the Labour Party on the nearly 70,000 patients who sought dental care in emergency departments last year are just the tip of the iceberg, and that the access crisis in dentistry is being felt in all corners of the health service. Dental charges and ongoing access problems […]
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The British Dental Association has said government has effectively told the profession it cannot afford NHS dentistry, as it prepares to impose an approach to pay that will leave a gaping hole in the service’s budget which practices across England will be expected to fill. Despite having publicly accepted the independent pay review boInstall Pluginsdy’s […]
The British Dental Association has urged government to step up as Leigh, Greater Manchester, joined the growing list of communities where struggling patients have queued from the break of dawn to secure access to NHS dentistry. Daily queues starting as early as 4am have been reported outside the Avenue Dental Centre in Leigh town centre, […]
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The study, which is one of the largest of its kind to date, analysed anonymised data, and was conducted by ieso Digital Health Ltd in partnership with Dorset HealthCare University NHS Trust and York Health Economics Consortium (part of the University of York). According to the study, shortening treatment and waiting times for mental health conditions […]
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Each and every nursing student who graduated from CU Scarborough last year has now found work within local NHS services – highlighting the vital importance the campus is playing in training the next generation of healthcare professionals. All 46 graduates from last year’s nursing cohort are now working locally, helping to build on CU Scarborough’s […]
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University of Gloucestershire has joined forces with the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to deliver trauma and life support training to nursing students alongside emergency consultants and senior nurses. Nine students from the University’s Nursing, Paramedic Science, Operating Department Practice, and Diagnostic Radiography programmes and 10 nurses from the NHS in Gloucestershire took part in […]
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SFEI (Safeguarding Frail Elderly Inpatients), a leading advocate for the well-being of frail elderly patients, has announced the launch of a new nationwide campaign and petition. The campaign and petition call on the NHS to improve the current infrastructure of small UK hospitals and offer safe care for the growing number of frail, elderly patients. […]
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Quality of primary care in general practice: Patient satisfaction with quality of care remains steady as general practice battles continuing high demand: Responding to the 2023 GP Patient Survey, Ruth Rankine, director of primary care at the NHS Confederation, said:- “Primary care is the bedrock of the NHS, and general practice the bedrock of primary […]
Insulting mental health support funding: Psychology bodies slam government for paying lip service to nhs staff wellbeing with ‘insulting’ funding for mental health support. The British Psychological Society (BPS) and Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP-UK) have slammed the government for failing to meet recent promises to invest in NHS and social care staff wellbeing, […]
The British Dental Association has expressed deep concern that the new NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is setting out aspirations to tie dental graduates to a failed NHS system, with no tangible plans to reform the discredited contract fuelling the exodus from the service. In proposals set out just for dentists the plan states “one […]
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