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Mandatory vaccination for NHS and health care staff? Judicial review and legal analysis

An application for judicial review has already been brought before the High Court by a number of workers within the care home sector, seeking to challenge a similar ‘vaccine mandate’ to the one debated today. Read More

NHS and redeployment of your workforce

On 25th March 2020 the CDO and NHS England sent a letter to all NHS dental practices, advising them that they would continue to be paid under their NHS contracts, subject to staff being redeployed. It gave four examples of where staff might be redeployed to, namely urgent dental care centres, supporting the NHS both generally and in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, voluntary or local...Read More

Does TUPE spell trouble for NHS dental contracts?

DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 63 The Transfer of Undertaking Regulations, or TUPE for short, offers enhanced protection for employees who transfer from one business to another. It is an extremely complex and confusing piece of legislation. Here we set out the key principles to help you better understand when it might apply. What is TUPE? TUPE requires a business that is buying another business to...Read More

Infographic – Easy steps to request a change of Provider on a NHS dental contract

For further information, read our article NHS dental contract; how to change the name of the Provider.     Read More

NHS dental contract; how to change the name of the Provider

DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 58 There is no automatic right under the NHS dental contract to change the dental Provider on it, even if there is no other change to the way in which the services are being delivered and the Provider is the same in all but name. In fact there is a risk if you seek to change the named Provider this will be considered a material change and the contract will be terminated...Read More

Test for dishonesty; which one does the GDC apply?

  DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 55   The case of Kirschner v General Dental Council EWHC 1377 (Admin) considered the appropriate test for dishonesty in professional regulatory matters. Ms Kirschner was a Polish qualified dentist. She came to the UK from Poland in 2005 and worked as a GDP. Between 2010 and 2012 she was subject to a PCT review as concerns were raised regarding her performance under an...Read More

Promises, promises; can anyone really save the NHS?

  DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 47   With one week to go before the UK once again goes to the polls and a large number of voters still undecided on how to cast their vote, there is still a huge amount to play for in the General Election 2017. The handling of the NHS is critical to any party’s success, so we have scrutinised the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat’s offerings in the lead up to...Read More

DBS check; do you know who you are employing?

  DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 28   A DBS check, formerly a CRB check, is a check carried out on an individual before they take up new employment.  It provides certain information about that person in relation to their criminal record and whether they are on either the adult or child barring list, which means they are barred from working with these groups. However, a DBS check is not...Read More

The GDC Specialist Lists; What Does the Future Hold?

DENTAL BULLETIN, ISSUE 27 The GDC Specialist Lists were introduced in the UK in 1998 as a result of developments in European Legislation. As of October 2015 of the 40,953 registered dentists there were 4342 registered specialists; an increase of 31 on the previous year. A significant number of patients require specialist dental treatment each year; in 2012/13 approximately 3.5% of all NHS...Read More