Fewer five year-olds have tooth decay
The number of five-year olds with tooth decay has dropped to its lowest level in almost a decade, according to a Public Health England survey.Less than 25% of five-year olds have tooth decay compared...
View ArticleCQC inspectors publish reports on 31 dental practices in England
The Care Quality Commission has published reports on the quality of care provided by 31 dental practices in England.CQC’s approach to inspecting dental services uses specially trained dental...
View ArticleLeaflet and poster on NHS dental services
Details of NHS dental services and charges are available on the NHS Choices website. You can also download a leaflet and poster. The leaflet describes how NHS dental services in England work, including...
View ArticleCQC inspectors publish reports on 18 dental practices in England
The Care Quality Commission has published reports on the quality of care provided by 18 dental practices in England.CQC plans to inspect 10%of England’s 10,000 dental practices. Unlike most other...
View ArticleNHS dental statistics for England
A quarterly report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre brings together information on NHS dental activity in England up to Q3 2015/16 and information on the number of patients seen by an...
View ArticleGP patient survey dental statistics 2016
Between January to March 2016, 1.1 million adults were asked for their views on NHS dentistry. Participants were asked if they had tried to obtain an appointment with an NHS dentist and, if so, whether...
View ArticleDental commissioning statistics, England, June 2016
These statistics show the volume of units of dental activity (UDAs) commissioned by the 14 NHS England local offices as at the end of June 2016 for the next 12 months.UDAs are a measure of the amount...
View ArticleDental working hours, 2014/15 and 2015/16
A report from NHS Digital provides information on the dental working patterns of self-employed primary care dentists who provided some NHS/Health Service treatment in England and Wales, Northern...
View ArticleDental earnings and expenses, 2014/15
NHS Digital has published a detailed study of the earnings and expenses of full-time and part-time self-employed primary care dentists who carried out some NHS/health service work in England and Wales,...
View ArticleDental commissioning statistics, England – September 2016
These statistics show the volume of units of dental activity (UDAs) commissioned by the 14 NHS England local offices as at the end of September 2016 for the next 12 months.
View ArticleReport on UK dentists' morale and motivation
An NHS Digital survey of 6,000 self-employed primary care dentists across the UK finds that morale has fallen since 2012/13 and that half of primary care dentists who treat NHS patients often think...
View ArticleDentists can’t pass on payment card fees
From 13 January 2018 a new EU directive called the Payment Services Directive comes into force. This will stop businesses such as dental practices from being able to apply charges when patients use...
View ArticleCQC clarifies its approach to dental inspections
In December 2016 CQC consulted on a number of changes to our assessment frameworks (key lines of enquiry). While the key questions (safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led) will remain the...
View ArticleMythbusters and tips
The Care Quality Commission has updated mythbusters and tips for general practice and dentistry. They are designed to help providers with the CQC inspection process and share agreed guidance and best...
View ArticleNHS (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Regulations have been laid before Parliament to uplift dental charges in England from 1 April 2016.Dental charges increase by 5% increase this year and next. This means that the dental charge payable...
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