“Delayed, disappointing and not actually an uplift at all” is the ADG’s response to last week’s Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) announcement of the pay review for dental practices for 2024/5. NHS dental contract holders will receive an uplift of 4.64% overall, backdated to April 2024. This is a pay cut for dental practices, […]

The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) membership is at an all-time high as a further five groups have joined over the last six months.  Now a total of 28 of the UK’s dental groups, ranging from some of the largest groups of dental practices in the country to smaller providers make up the membership profile. […]

As the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) awaits the Labour Government and DHSC’s action plan to deliver on their election manifesto pledges for NHS dentistry, the trade association for dental group providers in the UK warns of the significant gap in the dental workforce. The full press release can be found here.

The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) is calling for an official inquiry into the former Conservative Government’s dental recovery plan announced in February this year. This demand for an inquiry comes in response to the recent publication of the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report on the plan: ‘An Investigation into the NHS dental recovery plan’ […]

The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) provided a robust response to the Chancellor, Rachael Reeves’ budget announcements with a reminder that to put UK dentistry back on its feet, a larger workforce is needed. The ADG has written and met with Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock to explain how a ‘Recruitment & Retainment’ […]