A rational approach to dental policy
Neil Carmichael, Executive Chair of ADG, asks what the long-awaited dentistry recovery plan needs to prioritise to achieve real change in dental policy. To read the full article, please visit: A rational approach to dental policy – Dentistry
ADG: 10 steps to improve the overseas registration exam
The Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) is not fit for purpose. Demand among qualified international dentists to complete the ORE far outweighs the current number of available examination places. Given the UK’s growing dentist workforce shortage, urgent action is needed. Here are 10 changes the GDC can make to improve the ORE immediately 1. Increase the […]
Cross-party group of MPs urge General Dental Council to ‘fill the gap’ in UK’s dental workforce
This week, 30 cross-party MPs and Peers showed their support at an event in Parliament, hosted by the Association of Dental Groups (ADG), to discuss how the UK can ‘fill the gap’ in its dental workforce. At present, there are more than 5,500 dental vacancies in the UK and we have per capita among the […]
‘Fill the Gap’ Campaign
Association of Dental Groups calls for Government to ‘fill’ the dental workforce shortage gap Read our latest ‘Fill the Gap’ policy paper here NHS dentistry faces the biggest crisis of its 75 year history. Many areas of the country have become ‘dental deserts’, where there is a below average level of dental provision and no […]
Tackling the deepening dental crisis: Association of Dental Groups calls for reforms to the overseas registration exam to boost depleted workforce
The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has today restated its campaign to boost Britain’s dental workforce after new data revealed that 40% of children don’t have regular NHS check-ups and that 104,133 went to hospital with rotten teeth over the past five years. As Britain’s dental crisis deteriorates, the ADG is urging the General Dental […]
ADG Executive Chair, Neil Carmichael, on GB News
Neil Carmichael, Executive Chair of the ADG, was interviewed by Nigel Farage on GB News in which he discusses the need for the GDC to approve more dentists’ qualifications. To watch a clip of the interview please click here: Neil_Carmichael_GBNews_1912
BDA: Treasury hit the vulnerable and offer nothing to ease access crisis
Neil Carmichael, Executive Chair of the ADG, has been quoted in The Probe Magazine as he reflects on the announcements made in the Autumn Statement and their implications for the Dentistry Industry. To read the full article, please visit: BDA: Treasury hit the vulnerable and offer nothing to ease access crisis – The Probe (the-probe.co.uk) […]
GDC’s new dentists workforce survey is “a welcome step in plugging the data gap” in NHS dentistry, says ADG
Neil Carmichael, Executive Chair of ADG, has been quoted in The Probe Magazine on the new GDC workforce survey. To read the full article, please visit: GDC’s new dentists workforce survey is “a welcome step in plugging the data gap” in NHS dentistry, says ADG – The Probe (the-probe.co.uk)
A Blueprint for NHS dentistry
The modern system of departmental select committees in the House of Commons is fairly recent. They came into being in 1979, following recommendations of a Procedure Select committee set up in 1976 which reported two years later. It recommended a series of select committees covering all the main departments of state, with wide terms of […]
We cannot lose any more time waiting for reform of the ORE
In 2021 UK qualified new registrant dentists with the General Dental Council (GDC) formed 61% – the remaining 39% of new registrants coming from EEA countries or other overseas routes to registration[1]. Dentists with overseas qualifications now make up nearly 30% of all dentists on the register. Even if the Government was prepared to invest […]