Further delays to implementation of new dentists’ contract

Healthcare Market News (Dentistry) February 2005The government has announced further delays to the implementation of its dentistry reforms, following the breakdown of contract negotiations with the British Dental Association (BDA) in December (HMN: December 2004/January 2005).The new dentists’ contract, which will replace the current piecework renumeration system with locally agreed contracts, had already been postponed…