Month: April 2020

Financial support for mixed practices

From the BDA: Following ongoing dialogue with NHS England, we now understand that the application of the principles, outlined in their preparedness letter of 25 March 2020, for practices benefitting from continued NHS funding, are intended to apply to NHS income only. Contract holders wishing to claim against additional Government support schemes should ensure that […]

Open Letter to NHSE C&M

The LDC’s of Cheshire and Merseyside have continuously requested to meet with NHSE C&M to coordinate support from GDP’s in establishing local urgent centres. Following repeated cancellations of arranged video conferences, the LDC’s of Cheshire and Merseyside have written a letter voicing our collective concerns to the dental commissioners at NHS England. Should any practice […]

Risk Assessment

The BDA has launched a risk assessment for managing patients at this time pulling together a variety of advice. It is available below: https://www.bda.org/advice/ba/Documents/risk_assessments_covid19.pdf The BDA are also launching a payment dispute service of associates are concerned they are not being paid appropriately during the force majeur measures.