In practice in Harborne for 40 years. Former Chair, @thebda General Dental Practice Committee.
Birmingham, England
Joined June 2013
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Congratulations @theresecoffey on your appointment. Please get dental reform done now to save nhs dentistry. The BDA await a meeting urgently.
One of our nurses has just returned from her family home in Poland. Her parents have just taken in 3 mothers and their 7 children from Ukraine. So humbling.
Thanks to Maria Caulfield for speaking on BBC Radio Sussex. Clearly understands the plight of nhs dentistry
Speechless over the new targets for Q4. Currently 5 staff members off ill with at least 2 Covid positive!
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VOTE for Gillian Cottam in BDA PEC by-election 2021
Experienced- Specialist practitioner, owner, trainer, dental politics;Passionate - about Dentistry. INVEST TIME IN OTHERS, question the status quo, existing systems, beliefs, influence positive change.www.bda.org/elections
Please consider Gillian Cottam when voting in the current PEC election- her statement says it all- many thanks- this is our BDA
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In any election we get talk about ‘prevention’, ‘value for money’ & ‘evidenced-based policymaking’.
We need to hear more on fluoridation: a policy that delivers on all 3.
Our call to #BridgeTheGap on oral health inequality in Scotland 👉bda.org/about-the-bda/campai…
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Children in pain. Widening inequality. An access crisis without precedent.
COVID risks undermining hard-won progress while leaving Scotland’s dental service a shadow of its former self.
Why the next Scottish Parliament must #BridgeTheGap 👉 bit.ly/39W5K8S
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Join us in calling on the incoming Scottish Parliament to #BridgeTheGap and tackle the shameful oral health inequalities.
👉 Our 5-point plan: bit.ly/2PJQ9lV
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Britain is addicted to sugar, & decay remains the no.1 reason for child hospital admissions.
Stark health inequalities are now set to widen.
So we've joined @OHA_updates to call on the PM to press ahead with online #JunkFoodAd restrictions.
Dentists have #AdEnough👇
97 health orgs, academic experts & campaigners have written to the Prime Minister to encourage him to move ahead with online #JunkFoodAd restrictions, or risk undermining his obesity strategy
#AdEnough
thetimes.co.uk/article/jamie…
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🎯 NHS targets rise today to 60%
📉1 in 10 practices are already on track to fall below the 'cliff edge', and loss of the majority of their NHS funding.
😷This policy will have a lasting impact on access to dentistry in communities across England 👉 bit.ly/3whDsiE
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Thanks to @YasminQureshiMP for speaking up for dentistry.
🎯Ministers are doubling down on targets, putting the future of NHS services at risk.
😷We have a system that was already in crisis before COVID.
🦷Now is the time to build better.
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theboltonnews.co.uk/news/191…
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🚨60%: A new imposed target.
This policy has no place during a pandemic, and doubling down will only leave the future of NHS dentistry in doubt.
It’s time to turn the page on a system that has failed both patients and practitioners.
Find out more👇
bda.org/news-centre/blog/Pag…
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Any health professional left facing less than the minimum wage will be forced to make choices, which could have lasting consequences for services across Scotland.
Thanks to @AnasSarwar MSP for raising with the Scottish Government.
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heraldscotland.com/news/1919…