2025 the Year of NHS Dentistry

What are the implications of the recent changes to the NHS and dental initiatives, and what can LDCs do to make 2025 the year of NHS dentistry?

LDC Confederation 2024 Year in Review

Mike Clarke looks back on 2024 and what it meant for the LDC Confederation.

Health Secretary calls on public and professionals to shape the Government’s plans for the NHS

The Government will be publishing a 10 year plan for the NHS in Spring 2025 and is seeking engagement from the public and professionals. The plan will be based on three aspects of healthcare: The LDC Confederation will be submitting a response on behalf of LDCs, but we urge all dental professionals and their teams […]

New Patient Premium – what next?

One of the array of measures that came into force on 01 March 2024 announced in the then government’s paper “Faster, simpler and fairer” was the New Patient Premium (NPP). This initiative provides an additional payment of either £15 or £50 to a practice for each patient depending on their treatment need who has not […]

Dental Access: London Assembly

On 18 September the London Assembly Health Committee held their second evidence gathering session in their investigation into dental access in the capital.

Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England

In July 2024, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care commissioned Lord Darzi to conduct an immediate and independent investigation of the NHS.