dental practice July 2009
www.dental-practice.org
from freshly mixed to half-baked, the with you more,” he said. “It works very well
incoming government decides to have in Germany. They cannot complete their
… a Review. studies if they have not had their teeth fixed.”
PS. The Conservatives are planning to bring Doubting this, and not anticipating a
back school check-ups for five-year-olds. similar system in the UK any time soon, I cast
According to my academic friends, never has a doubt on whether it would be a good use of
clinical treatment been so effectively discredited the dental budget. “Who makes the best cars
since NICE got their hands on HealOzone – in Europe?” said balloon-head. The bellows
but an insider said “it makes excellent of his lungs caused the balloon eyes to briefly
political sense”. flash with light from the guttering coals of
I sat next to a dentist at a dinner recently. inspiration within. We lapsed into silence,
His head was like a red balloon. A spare searching for the final blow, but by then it was
piece of flesh hung down from his top lip as if too late. Jerry Asquith had started speaking
it had dripped off his nose. “I cannot disagree and we were asleep.
New Challenge survey for all GDPs
CHALLENGE has launched on its website a major new survey about the
profession’s opinions on the 2006 NHS contracts to dovetail with the imminent
release of the Jimmy Steele Review.
The organisation was intimately involved in the Health Select Committee
investigation, with many of its criticisms contained in the final report, and it has
fully engaged with the Steele Review.
The survey is to substantiate the opinions of all members of the profession
including those working within the previous and current systems, those that have
only worked in the current system and those that chose to leave the NHS. All
responses will be treated confidentially.
The wide-ranging survey, which is available to any dentist to complete, not
just Challenge members, will lead on to a new Challenge Summit  event in the
autumn to balance up current professional opinion and the findings of the Steele
Review.
The survey is available from the front page of www.challengedoh.com.
DENTAL PRACTICE as seen by Steve Long
Circle 101 on enquiry card
“Come down here and take your filling like a man!”

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