As of last week, the UK is no longer part of the European Union: however, despite months of headlines, multiple forecasts, and mounting uncertainty, it feels for many that it was a blink-and-you-miss-it moment. Leading finance firm, Salhan Accountants, is warning businesses that this may well be the calm before the storm, and failure to… Read more…

Dr. Anjulika Salhan has won the English Women’s Award for the second year in a row for her contributions to Finance and Accountancy. This glamorous event, celebrating female successes took place in Birmingham’s Holiday Inn Airport (NEC) Hotel on Thursday, November 21st 2019. The Awards honoured the talent and hard work of female professionals and… Read more…

The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned about the impact that swingeing cuts have had on the industry. The latest research by the trade body highlights the financial pressures facing many practitioners and accuses ministers of not doing enough to reform the current system. According to the BDA data, the equivalent of £35 per head… Read more…

The British Dental Association (BDA) has blamed the existing contract system for a squeeze on NHS Dental placements. The Times newspaper recently published the results of an investigation which revealed that 24 council areas in England are now in a position of only accepting private patients. Further analysis of surgeries listed on the NHS Choices… Read more…

An increasing number of dental patients are wrongly receiving fines following treatment, due to ongoing errors relating to patients’ addresses, new data has revealed.

A dramatic collapse in practitioners’ earnings across England and Wales could lead to a major crisis in NHS dentistry amid the ever-increasing costs of compliance, an industry body has warned. The latest figures compiled by NHS Digital have revealed that taxable income for high street dentists appears to be slowly falling. Indeed, there has been a reduction… Read more…

The dental watchdog is among nine regulators to have issued advice on how best to manage conflicts of interests. Difficulties can arise in situations when a dental practitioner’s judgement may be influenced, or else perceived to be influenced, by a personal, financial or other interest. Now the nine organisations, including the General Dental Council (GDC),… Read more…

Updated rules relating to the employment status of Dental Associates could see a return to the old regime of formal employment contracts, it has been warned. The news comes after HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) updated its Employment Status Manual in April this year, outlining how tax and National Insurance (NI) deductions should be dealt… Read more…

Dentists and dental practices are being warned to avoid using mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers to capture and store data relating to their patients. The concerns, which come ahead of the introduction of upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have been voiced by the DDU, which warns that there are increasing “legal… Read more…

Senior figures from dentistry took the opportunity to debate some of the key issues facing the profession at the Local Dental Committees Annual Conference. Almost 200 delegates attended the event in Birmingham earlier this month, with discussion centred on 26 different topics. The issues of contract reform and clawback dominated the event, with those practitioners… Read more…