Over 95 percent of private dentists have 'no confidence' in Prof. Sara Hurley as they call for her resignation to prevent a 'dental health crisis.'
An associate dentist earns on average £69,000, according to the British Dental Council, but dentists who only treat private patients can earn £140,000 or more.
"I am afraid that you were overlooking the majority of associate dentists who, while being self-employed and earning over £50,000 per year, are by no means in the realm of the super-rich. The average earnings of an associate dentist today are £69,000, significantly less than an MP for example, and far below the £200,000 average income of the top 5 percent."
A vote has now been held of our members which indicated that 97.5% have no confidence in the Office of the Chief Dental Officer. There were over 1600 respondents. Dental practices should never have been compelled to close in the manner in which they were, and it should never be allowed to happen again, and certainly not for any further COVID-19 wave, if there is one. A system needs to be in place where dentists, irrespective of whether the care they provide is funded by the NHS or privately, have input into a coordinated approach for the delivery of dental care in the UK.
There is also the ongoing lack of timely communication that the profession has had to contend with. The delivery and clarity of messages throughout the entire Coronavirus crisis with regards to dentistry in England, has left the profession at times bewildered and confused as to what the various messages have meant for their patients. In contrast, the message delivery and protocols from the devolved administrations have been timely and clear.
Dental practices are businesses too, and combined with the dental trade, dentistry is a microeconomy providing employment and a livelihood to hundreds of thousands of people and their families. We would like to emphasise that an instruction to 'not see patients face to face', is the same as instructing a dental practice to close. Dentists cannot treat patients without seeing them.
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