Dentists’ pay rise, due in November, will be backdated to April

The British Dental Association (BDA) has received confirmation that dentists in England will get a 2.42% uplift in November. The government first announced dentists’ pay rise in July, earlier this year. DHSC (Department of Health and Social Care) has confirmed the pay increase will be backdated to April 2019. ‘This much needed uplift should have been implemented in April,’ Eddie Crouch, chair of the BDA’s Review Body Evidence Committee, said. ‘Dentists will only receive this in November. ‘This long delay is pushing dentists to the edge. ‘We have written to DHSC and the chair of DDRB about our concerns.’ Dental pay rise This is the first above-inflation dentists’ pay rise in England since 2005/06. Hospital dentists will see a 2.5% uplift in

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