Damning Report Published On The Dental Contract Today

Main Category: Dentistry
Article Date: 02 Jul 2008 - 8:00 PDT

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Reacting to the Health Select Committee's report on dentistry published, Susie Sanderson, Chair of the BDA's Executive Board, said:

"This is a damning report which highlights the failure of a farcical contract that has alienated the profession and caused uncertainty to patients.

"For the past two years, dentists and patients have told the Department of Health that it got it wrong. Now MPs have agreed with the BDA.

"The committee has said unrealistic targets have been set for many dentists and urged an improvement in local commissioning.

"The Department must listen to this condemnatory report and act swiftly, looking seriously at these recommendations, for the sake of patients and the profession."

Notes

1. The BDA's submission of written evidence to the inquiry can be accessed here.

2. Further details of the inquiry into NHS Dental and Orthodontic Services are available here.

3. The British Dental Association (BDA) is the professional association for dentists in the UK. It represents over 23,000 dentists working in general practice, in community and hospital settings, in academia and research, and in the armed forces.

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