NHS

Question 1

1. What do you know about the traffic light system and what are your opinions on it?

Question 2

What are your thoughts on the recent sugar tax?

Question 3

3. What are some alternatives of the sugar tax?

Question 4

Should fluoridation of water occur?

Question 5

4. How should money be invested into dentistry for the NHS?

Question 6

5. Should dental treatment be free on the NHS?

Question 7

6. What changes have there been in dentistry over the past 100 years?

Question 8

7. What are the differences between private and NHS Dentistry?

Question 9

8. What are some of the reasons patients choose private treatment for their teeth over NHS?

Question 10

9. Should dental treatment be free for patients on the NHS?

Question 11

10. Give differences between the NHS systems in different countries in the UK

Question 12

11. What is an NHS trust and how do they work?

Question 13

12. Could you talk me through what would qualify as a Band 3 treatment?

Question 14

13. What are your thoughts on the current NHS Dental Contract and the system of Units of Dental Activity?

Question 15

14. How do price bands work for treatment under the NHS?

Question 16

15. When would a dental appointment be free patients are not exempt?

Question 17

16. Who qualifies for free dental treatment?

Question 18

What is the CQC?

Answer 18

Care quality commission
- make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, high-quality care.

• regulates all health and social care services in England.

Question 19

What are AGPs?

Answer 19

Aerosol generating procedures
- medical procedures that results in release of aerosols from respiratory tract, release of small airborne particles

• high risk of Aerosol generation

Question 20

What is NICE?

Answer 20

National institute for health and care excellence- provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.

• evaluate new health technologies for NHS
• produce usable guidance to help health practitioners

Question 21

What is the GDC?

Answer 21

General dental council
- register dental professionals, set standards for dentists, ensure quality of dental education

9 GDC principles
- patient interests 1st
-communicate effectively with patients
- obtain valid consent

Question 22

32. What do you know about how the NHS charges for appointments?

Answer 22

Different bands for different courses of treatment
Band 1- £26.80 examination, diagnosis
Band 2- £73.50 fillings, root canals, extractions
Band 3- £319.10 crowns, bridges, dentures

Question 23

33. What are the NHS values, and why are they important?

Answer 23

• respect & dignity, work together for patients, compassion, improving lives, everyone counts commitment to quality of care
• important to put patients well- being first, to treat people equally, work morally and fairly

Question 24

What is it like to be a dentist?

Question 25

How do you deal with overpopulation?

Question 26

37. What are the main challenges facing the future of dentistry in the UK?

Question 27

38. What are the greatest challenges facing healthcare as a whole, and dentistry in particular?

Question 28

39. How has COVID changed the way that dental practices operate?

Question 29

40. How does oral health differ here compared to other areas in the UK?