Please see below information from the latest Primary Care Bulletin: NHS England has written to community dental service contract holders confirming an amendment to the ongoing collection of Community Dental Service waiting list data, following the publication of the Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) national report on hospital dentistry and subsequent supplementary … [Read more...]

Please see below information from the latest Primary Care Bulletin: NHS England has now published contract variations relating to the amendment of the GDS/PDS regulations to allow ICBs to unilaterally re-base dental contracts where there is persistent under-performance. ICB's are encouraged to use these powers to work with practices to improve dental contract delivery and … [Read more...]

Please see below the latest consultation for payment reforms. The consultation document includes, how to respond, clinical foreword, unscheduled care, patients with complex needs, skill mix and evidence based clinical interventions, reducing clinically unnecessary check-ups, quality improvement, funded support for annual appraisals, supporting the workforce to feel part of … [Read more...]

On behalf 0f the  College of General Dentistry with news about our new educational opportunity for early career practitioners – Perio-Occlusion Symposium Please find details of a new CPD opportunity from the College of General Dentistry in conjunction with the Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation. PERIO-OCCLUSION SYMPOSIUM, LONDON, SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER … [Read more...]

Please see below the latest information from the Primary care Bulletin, 24 July 2025, Issue 349: The findings of the dental workforce survey have been published. The collection of data was carried out between January and April 2025 and reports the position as at the end of December 2024. The results aim to help understand the facilities available for the provision of NHS … [Read more...]