ISSUE 5, VOL.6


Editor’s desk Morale deficit


with Bruce Oxley


Dentists in Northern Ireland are the lowest paid and suffer from the lowest levels of morale, according to two recent reports. The Dental Earnings and Expenses report for 2013/14 and the HSCIC Dental Working Hours, 2012/13 & 2013/14 Motivation Analysis, paint a worrying picture of the profession in the province, but it is maybe not as straightforward as it seems.


Low-paid dentists have low morale – seems obvious, doesn’t


it? However, the report seems to suggest that poor morale in NI was more a case of the dentists working longer hours, carrying out more health service and administrative work and taking less leave, rather than just because they are paid less than their counterparts in the rest of the UK.


As with most things, it is a combination of a range of factors that determine anyone’s satisfaction, unhappiness or lack of morale but the HSCIC, who put


Contents


NEWS> 05 Opinion with Dr John Barry


07 NI dentists’ earnings hit a new low


07 New president for the IADR in Ireland


08 Harmful alcohol use increases cancer risk


10 Urgent action needed to tackle morale crisis


10 UCC graduate is new Cardiff professor


13 Dentsply and Sirona to merge


14 The countdown to 2016 begins


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COLUMN> 17 Word of Mouth – Paul O’Dwyer on getting your core ‘product’ covered


® Bruce Oxley is editor of Ireland’s Dental magazine. To contact Bruce, email bruce@connectcommunications.co.uk


Welcome


the report together, should be commended for trying to drill down into the actual reasons why the profession is unhappy in NI. Now that we know what we know, what can be done about it? More funding, as the BDA suggests, would clearly help, but conditions and the level of bureaucracy surely need to be addressed as well.


IRELAND’S DENTAL MAGAZINE October 2015


FEATURES> 20 Interview with Dr Sean Malone


CLINICAL> 24 Local anaesthetics and the medically complex patient


37 Obstructive sleep apnoea


AD FEATURES> 31 A better solution for bulk filling


49 Dental Care Ireland 53 Southern Cross Dental Laboratory


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