Govt to tie the hands of practices on urgent care. We worked to secure a level that's tolerable. But practices could face penalties for failure to hit targets simply because local demand does not exist. https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/government-tie-hands-of-practices-on-urgent-care/

The abolition of NHS England has left dental public health staff flying blind. They deserve real clarity on the future of their vital roles. https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/dental-public-health-staff-deserve-clarity-on-vital-roles/

Leanne says she "wants to chop her head off and start again", after a her Hollywood Smile resulted in her nose collapsing and a life of constant pain. With dental tourism patients need to understand the risks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1je9p8wny5o

The NHS Sexual Safety Charter - designed to improve how workplaces address sexual harassment - isn’t working. Colleagues on the frontline are seeking enforceable action. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/18/charter-to-tackle-sexual-harassment-across-nhs-in-england-has-failed-say-unions

📉Underspends in dentistry have crashed by more than 90%. ❎They've all but vanished 💷But the stock excuses for starving NHS dentistry of funding are still with us. https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/dental-underspends-vanish-but-the-access-crisis-is-still-with-us/

A very special message of congratulations to our former president Roz McMullan. Today she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to mental health and wellbeing in dentistry. 👏 from countless friends and colleagues across this profession.

Ministers have used the vast underspends in NHS dentistry as an excuse not to invest. They've now all but vanished - and we still have an access crisis. We have practices delivering NHS care at a loss. Without sustainable funding there is no way to restore care to millions.

Our warmest congratulations to friends and colleagues recognised in the New Year’s Honours. Find out more - https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/dental-professionals-recognised-in-new-year-s-honours/

Dev Sharma has been fighting for a ban on junk food ads since he was 14. 6 years on, there's progress, but lobbyists have ensured Big Food can still churn out ads that reach 8-year-olds. Govt needs to go further and faster https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco

There have been delays, disputes, & compromises but this is still progress. Children should no longer be exposed to 'less healthy' food and drink ads on TV before 9pm or online at any time.

The Government says it will extend free NHS dental care to young people leaving the care system until their 25th birthday. This policy makes perfect sense. If you could get an appointment… A thread [1]

What will the latest changes to NHS dentistry mean for your practice? Cut through the spin and get the answers you need at our free webinar. https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/england-interim-change-may-help-but-cannot-be-end-of-the-road/

👏 to The Guardian’s editorial. “The new fee structure announced by the health minister, Stephen Kinnock, is a big tweak to the existing system.” “But it is still a tweak, and not the overhaul that most experts agree is needed.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre....

BREAKING: The final shape of changes to the NHS contract for 2026. Find out what it means for you and sign up for our coming webinar. 👇 https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/england-interim-change-may-help-but-cannot-be-end-of-the-road/

"Early diagnosis significantly improves the survival rate," says Eddie Crouch. "Late diagnosis means that the chance of survival are sadly very, very poor." Why political choices made in dentistry can be a matter of life or death for patients. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gel94lvdlo

“Hard won gains on oral health are going into reverse," says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social “Government need to double down - and deliver promised reforms and vital investment." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/dentists-england-survey-rotting-aohs-b2880872.html

Progress on contract reform is welcome, but without sustainable funding it has little chance of success. @sarahdykeld.bsky.social is right - action is needed at the Budget tomorrow to bring access to NHS dentistry back to the millions currently forced to go without.

Our new @thebda.bsky.social report shines a light on the challenges associated with dental GA lists in Scotland and seeks to offer solutions to address the unacceptable waits that many of our patients are facing. Full report here👇 www.bda.org/media/bm2fub...

1 in 4 patients facing tooth extractions under general anaesthetic in Scotland are waiting over a year. We've gathered the evidence. Our patients deserve better. 👇 https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/blog/scotland-scandalous-waits-for-dental-general-anaesthetics-must-be-addressed/

"The Chancellor is singling out private dentists for doing what any business does: covering their costs, some of which are of the Chancellor's own making," says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social "At the same time, she’s very happy to starve NHS services of vital funding.

Government is preparing to extend the sugar levy and include milkshakes. Good. When voluntary action has failed, the levy has delivered - by forcing industry to reformulate. Sign here if you agree: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco

Would you trust him with your teeth? Desperate people are having to resort to DIY dentistry as current funding is only enough for half the population to access an NHS dentist.

Reform is promised for NHS dentistry, but progress hinges on Ministers putting their money where their mouth is. Why restoring care to millions requires investment. 👉 https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/blog/nhs-dentistry-fund-it-or-lose-it/

"I’m determined to rebuild NHS dentistry” says Keir Starmer For that to happen we need sustainable funding. Yesterday I joined @thebda.bsky.social in delivering a petition backed by 120,000 people to the PM and Health Secretary. Progress will hinge on whether they listen

“The last govt dropped straightforward yes/no questions on whether practices can take new patients, to try and cover the scale of the access crisis," says Eddie Crouch. "A new govt won't fix this just by playing around with words on a website." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgkp4w58v7o

“The public understand that providing access to care hinges on sustainable funding," says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social "If Ministers don’t reverse a generation of savage cuts then millions will remain locked out of NHS dentistry.”

New research shows new warning labels on food could save 100,000 lives from obesity over 20 years. Tried and tested approaches from abroad can improve the general & oral health of the nation. Sign here if you agree https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco

Before the NHS much of our healthcare was dependent on charities. The fundraising might be digital, but this is another step back to the Victorian era. Sign here if you agree we need change https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

New ARF levels: 📈 £698 for dentists - up 12.4% 📈£108 for DCPs - up 12.5% Increases come when at a time when every dentist is under pressure from the mounting cost of care. Our regulator needs to justify how it uses every penny from a bill registrants have no choice but pay.

100,000 have now backed our call for decent funding for NHS dentistry. Millions are struggling to access care - the direct result of choices made at the Treasury. Join us, and send a message to government. 👇 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

🦷Bleaching agents at 120 times legal strength. 🦷 Products sold in car parks and down dark alleys. 🦷Training delivered over social media. Never gamble with your health with illegal teeth whitening. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20z7xx6nr4o.amp

🇬🇧In 2010 the four UK nations put in about the same amount per head to cover NHS care ✂️The picture today is the result of a decade of savage cuts at Westminster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Patients in England deserve better ✍️Sign here if you agree👉 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

At #PMQs @sarahdykeld.bsky.social MP spelled out the reality for millions unable to secure NHS dental care. 🚘Long journeys 💷Getting into debt 🦷DIY dentistry What Govt could do is today is commit funding to rebuild a service on the brink. 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

📈Overstretched 📉Underfunded ✂️A decade of savage cuts has fuelled an exodus of dentists from the NHS. We can't go on like this. Warm words on reform need to come with fair funding. ✍️Sign our message to Government👉 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

Lovely to catch-up with @simonforstroud.bsky.social just now. As a GP, he gets the pressures primary care professionals are facing. Thank you for your ongoing support in pressing for urgent reform and investment into NHS dentistry.

"The filling put into my root canal keeps disintegrating & the only thing I can do is keep going back to the emergency dental hospital." Choices made at the Treasury hurt patients & pile pressure on other parts of our health service. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

“Little tweaks here won’t make a difference” says Mark Green. “It needs a proper radical reform of the contract." And real reform must go hand in hand with fair funding. Sign here if you agree👇 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

Thank you @campbellsavours.bsky.social MP for underlining the urgent need for a new dental contract to stop the exodus of dentists from the NHS. Reform has been promised since 2010. We welcome these small, positive changes, but without fundamental reform there won't be a service left to save.

“The NHS’s founding promise - care from cradle to grave - falters at the gumline” writes Zoe Beaty. Deep inequalities are set to widen. We can’t go on like this. Sign here👇 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

The access crisis in NHS dentistry was made in Westminster. Choices made at the Treasury mean practices are now delivering NHS care at a loss. But no health professional can work this way. Join over 90,000 and say it's time for change. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Dental tourists are now being offered consultations in hotel rooms here, from overseas qualified dentists who cannot legally carry out assessments in the UK. Patients need to understand the risks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyl5w141xwo

🚨People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval! For millions across England NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist Join me & @thebda.bsky.social in an URGENT call for action to #FixNHSdentistryNOW youtu.be/FuMcq1HFatQ?...

🌍It's #WorldFoodDay and we need to ensure everyone can access healthy, affordable food. That means a world where Government does more to rein in Big Food. Where junk can't be marketed as a 'healthy option.' Sign here if you agree👉 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco

We at the #HospitalDoctorsUnion stand united with our fellow trade unions and affirm our solidarity with the international workforce and migrant communities, recognising their essential past and continued contribution to the NHS and wider society. Read the joint statement here👇

Keeping our communities safe from racism. A joint statement on anti-migrant rhetoric from us and our friends @bma.org.uk, @rcn.org.uk, @thecsp.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @hcsa-com.bsky.social

As long as access to NHS dentistry remains as rare as hen’s teeth desperate people will keep gathering from the crack of dawn. These scenes belong outside bakeries in the Soviet Bloc. Tell Ministers we need real reform and fair funding. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

Over 75,000 people have now backed our call for fair funding for NHS dentistry. For a generation choices made at the Treasury and the Department of Health have left millions with no options. Our patients deserve better. Join us: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

Hats off to Joe Wicks who set out to create a literally lethal protein bar. He showed how light-touch regulation has given unscrupulous marketeers a free rein to pedal toxic food as ‘healthy options’. If you want change sign here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ma...

“NHS dentistry has ceased to exist for millions of families," says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social "Warm words won’t solve this - only real investment and meaningful reform will.” Sign here if you agree: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now

Today Labour Party Conference unanimously backed a motion to save NHS dentistry. It commits the party to “increase capacity for more patients.” Achieving that goal is impossible without proper funding. Tell govt how to end this crisis👇 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now