Rachel Hopkins, MP for Luton and South Bedfordshire, has visited Community Dental Services CIC (CDS) Liverpool Road clinic in Luton.
A parliamentary roundtable aiming to deliver recommendations for driving down inequalities and solving the dental workforce crisis took place in Westminster on May 13, 2025.
A coalition of health experts has called for tough action on the UK’s three biggest preventable killers (tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drink) to relieve growing pressure on NHS services.
Rachel Reeves, chancellor of the exchequer, presented the spring statement on March 26, 2025.
In response to the announcement from the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body (DDRB) recommendations...
The new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthcare Workers held its inaugural meeting in parliament on March 18, 2025, where it discussed the importance of wellbeing support for healthcare...
The Oral Health Foundation has strongly condemned the latest increase in NHS dental charges, calling it an unjustified burden on patients who are already struggling to access essential care.
The government has announced that it will abolish NHS England and return management of the national health service to central government.
Dorset Labour MPs have joined forces to push for more action to tackle the 'dental desert’ in the county.
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The Department of Health and Social care (DHSC) has announced the roll out of 700,000 extra emergency appointments.
Siân Gwenllian, Bangor’s MS, led a debate in the Senedd on opening a dental school in Bangor on January 8, 2025.
According to the Scottish Liberal Democrats, almost 40 per cent of those registered with a dentist in Scotland, haven’t seen one in the past two years. The party leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton, has called...
A vote has been passed in the Senedd to introduce regulations to prohibit the supply of single-use vapes in Wales.
Children will no longer be exposed to TV adverts for unhealthy food products as the new law confirms the details of advertising restrictions.
The government has published the ‘Get Britain Working White Paper’, striving to achieve an 80 per cent employment rate.
Dental Protection has called on the government to prioritise access to NHS dentistry in its 10-year health plan for England.
Mike Nesbitt, health minister for Northern Ireland, has welcomed the introduction of the ‘Tobacco and Vapes Bill’.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smoking and Health, a cross-party group of parliamentarians who campaign on tobacco control, welcomed the return of the ‘Tobacco and Vapes Bill’ to...
The British Dental Association (BDA) has published an open letter to the chancellor, stressing that the government must extend the relief from National Insurance contributions offered to hospitals, to...
The SNP must “end the postcode penalty” which means the poorest families in Scotland are more likely to get rotten teeth as children, Scottish Labour has said.
The chancellor of the exchequer has confirmed the national living wage will increase from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour from April 2025.
The British Dental Association (BDA) has expressed concerns over the government’s ‘rescue plan’ for dentistry, as it appears that the treasury has squeezed plans for investment.
In an open letter published by The BMJ, health professionals have warned that unless smoking is addressed, there is no prospect of delivering on Labour’s manifesto commitment to halve the gap in...
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