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Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

Do you have an opinion or some- thing to say on any Dental Tribune UK article? Or would you like to write your own opinion for our guest comment page? If so don’t hesitate to write to: The Editor, Dental Tribune UK Ltd, 4th Floor, Treasure House, 19-21 Hatton Garden, London, EC1 8BA Or email: lisa@healthcare-learning.com United Kingdom Edition July 2014 3News T he NHS is ‘poorly placed’ to deal with continuing austerity and could ex- perience a funding crisis before the 2015 General Election, new research from Nuffield Trust re- veals. The report, Into the Red?, reveals that until 2013, the NHS was coping well with a squeeze on funding due to increasing demand on the health service and the consequences of pub- lic sector austerity since 2010. However, provisional data from the 2013/14 financial year shows that cracks are starting to show due to severe financial pressure. NHS and Foundation Trusts as a whole were at least £100m in the red in the last financial year, with 66 trusts in deficit in 2013/14. It also found that 19 Clinical Commissioning Groups ended the last financial year in deficit and NHS England pro- jected a £377m overspend on specialised services. The analysis concludes that reforms to NHS services by adopting new technologies and promoting out-of-hospital care could help put it on a more sustainable financial footing in the future, but expecting this to happen in the next few years and without additional funding is unrealistic. DT NHS could face funding crisis before General Election All You need is ‘u’ • Dual-curing universal adhesive • Self-etch, selective-etch or total-etch – the choice is yours! • Outstanding versatility of application – for direct or indirect restorations – fully compatible with all light-curing, dual-curing and self-curing composites – without additional activator – secure adhesion to various materials such as metal, zirconium and aluminium oxide, as well as silicate ceramics – without additional primer • Applied in one layer – just 35 seconds total working time Futurabond® u From now on please order Futurabond U only! 170784 Take advantage of current offers!* Total-Etch Bond Self-Etch Bond Dual-Cure Activator Application brushes Ceramic primer Metal primer Zircon primer Glazing 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 Sender, practice stamp VOCO GmbH · Anton-Flettner-Straße 1-3 · 27472 Cuxhaven · Germany · Tel. +49 4721 719-0 · www.voco.com *Find all current offers on www.voco.com For more information please contact: Greg Parmenter · 07500 769 613 · info-uk@voco.com VOCO_DentalTribune-UK_Jun14_Futurabond U_210x297.indd 1 09.05.2014 12:35:03 A dentist who attempted to provide dental treatment in McDonald’s has been struck off by the General Dental Council (GDC). Anca Claudia Macavei, who worked at the Cannon Street Practice, was charged with not carrying out sufficient diagnos- tic assessments during initial appointments; performing root canal treatment without gloves; and not undertaking sufficient treatment planning for patients; among other charges. Ms Macavei also attempted to provide dental treatment for a patient in a McDonald’s res- taurant and in the hallway out- side of a dental practice, and requested that another patient attend a dental appointment in McDonald’s. The GDC’s Professional Con- duct Committee said: “In view of the outstanding concerns that remain, the Committee con- cluded that you would be un- able to practise safely as a den- tist without restriction on your practice or at all. It also con- cluded that public confidence in the dental profession would be undermined if a finding of im- pairment were not made in the circumstances of this case.” Ms Macavei is currently lodging a High Court appeal. DT Dentist tries to perform treatment in McDonald’s, struck off

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