Reform of dentistry 'could fail'
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Reforms to ensure more people have access to NHS dentists are at risk of failing, a watchdog says.
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Reforms to out-of-hours health care have been &quot;thoroughly mishandled&quot; by the Department of Health and only GPs have benefited from the new deal, according to a withering report from the Public Accounts Committee published on Wednesday.
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TORONTO - The Ontario government should impose a new contract on the province&#39;s doctors if they won&#39;t agree to its badly needed reforms, the chair of a federal commission on health care says.
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who lose their teeth to cavities or gum disease may have an increased risk of dying from heart disease later in life, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Older people who have lost their teeth are at more than three-fold greater risk of memory problems and dementia, UK researchers report.
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Comment is free: Andrew Rawnsley: His ideas for modernising our democracy are both exciting and risky. Politicians can never be sure where reform will take them.
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PATIENTS&#39; safety could be endangered by new European Union rules on health care, doctors&#39; representatives said yesterday. The British Medical Association said they had serious concerns about the impact of
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The care of people who fracture bones needs overhauling with screening for all over 50s, experts say.
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Â· Reform to be urged at London conference  Â· Move to allow midwives to perform some procedures
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Either the system is heading toward ruin and must be changed, or Bush's reform plan could signal the beginning of a disaster.
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If its latest drug isn't approved, the pharmaceutical could face trouble.
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Critics say new rules to standardise funding of continuing care in England do not go far enough.
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Leading medical experts in Scotland criticise a major shake-up of the regulation of doctors.
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NHS services for patients with hearing and balance disorders are inadequate, warns the Royal College of Physicians.
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Dentists claim a new NHS contract means patients have more teeth removed rather than fixed, a BBC inquiry finds.
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Dentists have been carrying out botox treatment despite not being properly qualified, cosmetic surgeons say.
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Dentists should be forced to meet NHS work quotas rather than focusing on private treatments, campaigners say.