British Dental Association
@thebda.bsky.social
The British Dental Association is the voice of dentists and dental students in the UK.
https://www.bda.org/
https://www.bda.org/
"They looked good until they started to bleed and hurt," says Jack.
He then discovered his teeth were in dreadful condition and repairs would set him back £20,000.
With dental tourism patients need to understand the risks
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-spent-3k-turkey-teeth-36710713
He then discovered his teeth were in dreadful condition and repairs would set him back £20,000.
With dental tourism patients need to understand the risks
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-spent-3k-turkey-teeth-36710713
February 15, 2026 at 8:18 AM
"They looked good until they started to bleed and hurt," says Jack.
He then discovered his teeth were in dreadful condition and repairs would set him back £20,000.
With dental tourism patients need to understand the risks
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-spent-3k-turkey-teeth-36710713
He then discovered his teeth were in dreadful condition and repairs would set him back £20,000.
With dental tourism patients need to understand the risks
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-spent-3k-turkey-teeth-36710713
Many people are struggling to access care and may be tempted to go overseas for cut-price treatment.
Patients need to understand the risks.
The reality of dental tourism is rarely as simple as it appears on Instagram.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/flesh-eating-virus-turkey-teeth-5HjdSJr_2/
Patients need to understand the risks.
The reality of dental tourism is rarely as simple as it appears on Instagram.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/flesh-eating-virus-turkey-teeth-5HjdSJr_2/
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Many people are struggling to access care and may be tempted to go overseas for cut-price treatment.
Patients need to understand the risks.
The reality of dental tourism is rarely as simple as it appears on Instagram.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/flesh-eating-virus-turkey-teeth-5HjdSJr_2/
Patients need to understand the risks.
The reality of dental tourism is rarely as simple as it appears on Instagram.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/flesh-eating-virus-turkey-teeth-5HjdSJr_2/
It's either callousness or incompetence.
Welsh Govt will be giving dentists the weekend to review the small print of a new contract.
Patients will pay the price for the snap decisions they’ve forced on this profession. https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/wales-callousness-or-incompetence/
Welsh Govt will be giving dentists the weekend to review the small print of a new contract.
Patients will pay the price for the snap decisions they’ve forced on this profession. https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/wales-callousness-or-incompetence/
February 12, 2026 at 10:07 AM
It's either callousness or incompetence.
Welsh Govt will be giving dentists the weekend to review the small print of a new contract.
Patients will pay the price for the snap decisions they’ve forced on this profession. https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/wales-callousness-or-incompetence/
Welsh Govt will be giving dentists the weekend to review the small print of a new contract.
Patients will pay the price for the snap decisions they’ve forced on this profession. https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/wales-callousness-or-incompetence/
🦷Why is it so hard to find an NHS dentist?
📻A must-listen state of the nation.
🎤Answers from by BDA Chair @eddiecrouch.bsky.social, Consultant Tom Thayer and @dentalhealthorg.bsky.social's Rachael England on BBC R4 Inside Health.
👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002r3nn
📻A must-listen state of the nation.
🎤Answers from by BDA Chair @eddiecrouch.bsky.social, Consultant Tom Thayer and @dentalhealthorg.bsky.social's Rachael England on BBC R4 Inside Health.
👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002r3nn
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
🦷Why is it so hard to find an NHS dentist?
📻A must-listen state of the nation.
🎤Answers from by BDA Chair @eddiecrouch.bsky.social, Consultant Tom Thayer and @dentalhealthorg.bsky.social's Rachael England on BBC R4 Inside Health.
👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002r3nn
📻A must-listen state of the nation.
🎤Answers from by BDA Chair @eddiecrouch.bsky.social, Consultant Tom Thayer and @dentalhealthorg.bsky.social's Rachael England on BBC R4 Inside Health.
👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002r3nn
"Create a caricature of an NHS dentist based on everything you know about the role..."
Undervalued.
Overstretched.
We've spelled out to the facts time and again.
Government needs to show it's ready to act on them.
Undervalued.
Overstretched.
We've spelled out to the facts time and again.
Government needs to show it's ready to act on them.
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Create a caricature of an NHS dentist based on everything you know about the role..."
Undervalued.
Overstretched.
We've spelled out to the facts time and again.
Government needs to show it's ready to act on them.
Undervalued.
Overstretched.
We've spelled out to the facts time and again.
Government needs to show it's ready to act on them.
"It's a stupid system," says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social
An inflexible contract means that if a practice has capacity - while others in the area are actually reducing NHS work - that funding can't be kept on the frontline. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7z7x0w95go
An inflexible contract means that if a practice has capacity - while others in the area are actually reducing NHS work - that funding can't be kept on the frontline. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7z7x0w95go
February 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
"It's a stupid system," says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social
An inflexible contract means that if a practice has capacity - while others in the area are actually reducing NHS work - that funding can't be kept on the frontline. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7z7x0w95go
An inflexible contract means that if a practice has capacity - while others in the area are actually reducing NHS work - that funding can't be kept on the frontline. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7z7x0w95go
"The decline of NHS dentistry is not inevitable," says Alex Easton MP.
NHS dentistry shouldn't be an optional extra.
But saving it will require urgent reform wedded to sustainable funding.
NHS dentistry shouldn't be an optional extra.
But saving it will require urgent reform wedded to sustainable funding.
February 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
"The decline of NHS dentistry is not inevitable," says Alex Easton MP.
NHS dentistry shouldn't be an optional extra.
But saving it will require urgent reform wedded to sustainable funding.
NHS dentistry shouldn't be an optional extra.
But saving it will require urgent reform wedded to sustainable funding.
Government say cancer survival shouldn't be a postcode lottery.
But as long as access to NHS dentistry remains a game of chance that's exactly where we'll be with oral cancers.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/oral-cancer-is-the-missing-piece-in-the-government-s-plan/
But as long as access to NHS dentistry remains a game of chance that's exactly where we'll be with oral cancers.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/oral-cancer-is-the-missing-piece-in-the-government-s-plan/
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Government say cancer survival shouldn't be a postcode lottery.
But as long as access to NHS dentistry remains a game of chance that's exactly where we'll be with oral cancers.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/oral-cancer-is-the-missing-piece-in-the-government-s-plan/
But as long as access to NHS dentistry remains a game of chance that's exactly where we'll be with oral cancers.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/oral-cancer-is-the-missing-piece-in-the-government-s-plan/
New research reveals that just like cigarettes ultra-processed foods are designed to encourage consumption and addiction.
It’s why government needs to step up the fight.
Sign here if you agree it’s time to make sugar the new tobacco https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco
It’s why government needs to step up the fight.
Sign here if you agree it’s time to make sugar the new tobacco https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
New research reveals that just like cigarettes ultra-processed foods are designed to encourage consumption and addiction.
It’s why government needs to step up the fight.
Sign here if you agree it’s time to make sugar the new tobacco https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco
It’s why government needs to step up the fight.
Sign here if you agree it’s time to make sugar the new tobacco https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-sugar-the-new-tobacco
"We see a lot of children here that can't see a regular dentist that are turning up with abscesses & infections," says Shiv Pabary
Urgent care is vital. But a govt that says the NHS must shift from sickness to prevention must not forget routine care. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qp2xx3e37o
Urgent care is vital. But a govt that says the NHS must shift from sickness to prevention must not forget routine care. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qp2xx3e37o
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
"We see a lot of children here that can't see a regular dentist that are turning up with abscesses & infections," says Shiv Pabary
Urgent care is vital. But a govt that says the NHS must shift from sickness to prevention must not forget routine care. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qp2xx3e37o
Urgent care is vital. But a govt that says the NHS must shift from sickness to prevention must not forget routine care. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qp2xx3e37o
This headline could come from any corner of the UK.
Every vacancy that goes unfilled reflects deep seated problems.
We can't have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
The service needs to be a place dentists would chose to build a career.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dm2g5k3dgo
Every vacancy that goes unfilled reflects deep seated problems.
We can't have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
The service needs to be a place dentists would chose to build a career.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dm2g5k3dgo
January 29, 2026 at 12:26 PM
This headline could come from any corner of the UK.
Every vacancy that goes unfilled reflects deep seated problems.
We can't have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
The service needs to be a place dentists would chose to build a career.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dm2g5k3dgo
Every vacancy that goes unfilled reflects deep seated problems.
We can't have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
The service needs to be a place dentists would chose to build a career.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dm2g5k3dgo
“Soundbites are all well and good" says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social
"But what tens of millions of our patients need is real commitment, underpinned by sustainable investment.” https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/primary-care-bodies-unite-to-take-fight-for-financial-security-future-to-parliament/
"But what tens of millions of our patients need is real commitment, underpinned by sustainable investment.” https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/primary-care-bodies-unite-to-take-fight-for-financial-security-future-to-parliament/
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“Soundbites are all well and good" says @eddiecrouch.bsky.social
"But what tens of millions of our patients need is real commitment, underpinned by sustainable investment.” https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/primary-care-bodies-unite-to-take-fight-for-financial-security-future-to-parliament/
"But what tens of millions of our patients need is real commitment, underpinned by sustainable investment.” https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/primary-care-bodies-unite-to-take-fight-for-financial-security-future-to-parliament/
"There's no point increasing training places for dental students if there are no NHS practices left for them to train in after graduating” warned @drlaurenharrhy.bsky.social
We can’t have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
Practices need decent contracts to retain and recruit staff.
We can’t have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
Practices need decent contracts to retain and recruit staff.
January 28, 2026 at 3:25 PM
"There's no point increasing training places for dental students if there are no NHS practices left for them to train in after graduating” warned @drlaurenharrhy.bsky.social
We can’t have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
Practices need decent contracts to retain and recruit staff.
We can’t have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.
Practices need decent contracts to retain and recruit staff.
Was it the staff meeting from hell?
Today Dental Public Health staff will still be looking for answers on the abolition of NHS England.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/nhs-england-merger-public-health-experts-offered-euphemisms-not-clarity-over-jobs/
Today Dental Public Health staff will still be looking for answers on the abolition of NHS England.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/nhs-england-merger-public-health-experts-offered-euphemisms-not-clarity-over-jobs/
January 28, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Was it the staff meeting from hell?
Today Dental Public Health staff will still be looking for answers on the abolition of NHS England.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/nhs-england-merger-public-health-experts-offered-euphemisms-not-clarity-over-jobs/
Today Dental Public Health staff will still be looking for answers on the abolition of NHS England.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/nhs-england-merger-public-health-experts-offered-euphemisms-not-clarity-over-jobs/
“We risk losing the next generation of dentists,” says Makyle Khan, a dental student at Liverpool, and part of our Future Leaders Programme.
As the voice of dentistry, we’re equipping the next generation with the skills and confidence to be heard.
As the voice of dentistry, we’re equipping the next generation with the skills and confidence to be heard.
January 27, 2026 at 7:10 PM
“We risk losing the next generation of dentists,” says Makyle Khan, a dental student at Liverpool, and part of our Future Leaders Programme.
As the voice of dentistry, we’re equipping the next generation with the skills and confidence to be heard.
As the voice of dentistry, we’re equipping the next generation with the skills and confidence to be heard.
From April, changes to the NHS contract in England will be felt in every NHS practice.
We've set out the changes to help you understand the adjustments and how you will implement them.
📼Watch the webinar now https://www.bda.org/learning/courses-and-events/contract-change-england-webinar-recording/
We've set out the changes to help you understand the adjustments and how you will implement them.
📼Watch the webinar now https://www.bda.org/learning/courses-and-events/contract-change-england-webinar-recording/
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
From April, changes to the NHS contract in England will be felt in every NHS practice.
We've set out the changes to help you understand the adjustments and how you will implement them.
📼Watch the webinar now https://www.bda.org/learning/courses-and-events/contract-change-england-webinar-recording/
We've set out the changes to help you understand the adjustments and how you will implement them.
📼Watch the webinar now https://www.bda.org/learning/courses-and-events/contract-change-england-webinar-recording/
"I've spent an hour a week for the last three or four months ringing round dentists," says Joe from Londonderry.
Across the UK it’s the same story.
None of this is inevitable.
Failed contracts and underfunding are political choices.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y22v9p7vyo
Across the UK it’s the same story.
None of this is inevitable.
Failed contracts and underfunding are political choices.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y22v9p7vyo
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"I've spent an hour a week for the last three or four months ringing round dentists," says Joe from Londonderry.
Across the UK it’s the same story.
None of this is inevitable.
Failed contracts and underfunding are political choices.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y22v9p7vyo
Across the UK it’s the same story.
None of this is inevitable.
Failed contracts and underfunding are political choices.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y22v9p7vyo
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/
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/
January 22, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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/
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/
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/
January 21, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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/
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
With dental tourism patients need to understand the risks.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1je9p8wny5o
January 21, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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
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
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
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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
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/
❎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/
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📉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/
❎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.
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.
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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.
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.
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.
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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.
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/
Find out more - https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/dental-professionals-recognised-in-new-year-s-honours/
January 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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/
Find out more - https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/dental-professionals-recognised-in-new-year-s-honours/