This tweet is has rightly upset my dog 🐾

“I’d like to see all parties have contract reform in their manifestos,” says Eddie Crouch

“Because if it’s not, like the Nuffield Trust said, we’re seeing the end of what we knew as NHS dentistry.”

Great meeting Keir Starmer this week.

We shouldn’t accept that it’s inevitable that tooth decay remains the no.1 reason for hospital admissions among young children.

We need real ambition on prevention and reform. BDA

Support the Mouth Cancer Foundation by sharing our posts on social media. We aim to raise awareness for mouth, throat, and head/neck cancers, reaching those who need our help. Let's unite to spread awareness and save lives!

Delighted to attend Conference of Scottish LDCs #scottishldcconference2024 thank you for making me so welcome again this year.

Great to hear the views of the dental profession via the motions that were brought forward for debate. A packed agenda, with excellent speakers.

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Great to meet Anas Sarwar today at Conference of Scottish LDCs

BDA want to avoid any slide to a two or even three tier system

Access to NHS dentistry must be available to all those who want and need it

Thank you BDA for supporting this. The new purple pathway helps dental teams to protect adults at risk by providing a framework to follow when these patients are not brought to their dental appointments.

Out now: #WasNotBrought adults at risk (WNB-AAR) ‘purple pathway’ added to BDA toolkit. Thanks to my CDS & #specialcaredentistry colleagues, including James Bird & Jo Adlington, for adapting this from #WNBCYP and to the BDA for making it available 💜

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Looking forward to welcoming everyone tomorrow to Stirling for #scottishldcconference2024

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, if passed, will prevent thousands of people being disabled or dying prematurely.

Tobacco addicts people at a young age, taking their choices away and then killing them.

The 4 UK CMOs support creating a smokefree generation.

“To create an equal society, change must be brought about by the government, allowing everyone, regardless of their income, to access the care that they are entitled to under the NHS. You shouldn’t have to be wealthy to see a dentist”

An excellent article, brilliant advocacy 👏

Interesting…are there any implications of “non-van solutions” in relation to the CQCProf 🤔

Hospital dentists and doctors across England will be left wondering how we got here?

Why a vital, life-saving service was cut, with zero working days notice.

Colleagues in primary and secondary require cast iron assurances that NHS Practitioner Health will be there for them, long-term.

'This service has survived as long as it has because of the charitable work of dentists,' says Eddie Crouch
 
'Many of them are providing treatment that costs them money to deliver.
 
'No business can operate like that.'
 
We need real reform👉38d.gs/SaveNHSDentist…

Pre recorded piece from Scotland with me on BBC Morning Live tomorrow from 9 30 am BDA

On #WorldHealthDay a reminder that ‘Teeth’ were once a leading cause of death in this country.

It's 2024 & we’re seeing deaths from dental infections.

Decades of progress are going into reverse.

Don't let Govt take the nation’s oral health back in time 38d.gs/SaveNHSDentist…

Batches of Legency Remedies Pvt Ltd irrigation saline products manufactured between April and November 2023 are being recalled due to potential microbiological contamination.

Learn more about this recall: bit.ly/3J6ZwUI

Easily distracted?

Ministers seem to think spin will solve the access crisis.

Simply repeating empty soundbites won’t save NHS dentistry.

We need real reform.

Send a message to the PM.

👉38d.gs/SaveNHSDentist…

⬇️ This is a problem itself. An ageing population and limited access to NHS dentistry in increasingly leading to more inpatients with acute dental problems contributing to their primary diagnosis.If you can’t eat or have an dental infection - UTI, frailty ….BDA

Aspirating and swallowing dentures is increasingly becoming more common with an ageing population with dysphagia. Daily mouthcare assessment are important to identify a denture as is radiopaque markers #denturecarematters BSG