Report of LDC Meeting 13.7.26. + Dental Updates

                                           LDC Meeting 13.7.26.                             

The report has been shared via email.

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 BDA Monthly Updates 

• Complex Care Pathways: A step forward, but key concerns remain  

  
  

  Shiv Pabary on Complex Care Pathways: clinically sound in principle, but funding, risk and administrative challenges remain barriers to implementation.

  
  

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• Service not on ‘road to recovery’

  
  

  Unmet need for NHS dentistry remains at near record highs.

  
  

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• Government exempt quality improvement and appraisals from uplifts

  
  

  Officials take a pick-and-mix approach to supporting contract holders.

  
  

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• Ham-fisted reform rollout to undermine patient care

  
  

  Software suppliers raise red flags over practicalities ahead of the new NHS Dental Services Portal launch.

  
  

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• Don’t let ministers mark their own homework on dentistry

  
  

  We urge MPs to drop government plans to abolish Healthwatch England.

  
  

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• Penny pinching on dental academia will undermine workforce plans

  
  

  Planned cuts to funding for clinical academics could have severe knock-on effects on the ability to train the next generation of dentists.

  
  

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• Annual DCP registration renewal: Deadline closing soon

  
  

  Please remind your dental nurses and other DCP colleagues about the upcoming registration renewal deadline, including those on maternity leave.

  
  

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Kind regards,

Clint Foreman

(Asst. Sec. Essex LDC)