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Press Statement: RCSEd Statement on Food Advertising Restrictions

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The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Faculty of Dental Surgery welcomes the government’s decision to prohibit the advertising of unhealthy food before the 9pm watershed, and to impose restrictions to such advertising online. Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery Prof. Grant McIntyre commented: “Fast food companies spend billions of pounds…



Press Statement: RCSEd President and Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery React to the Proposed Tobacco and Vapes Bill

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Reacting to the news that the government will be shelving proposed legislation to ban smoking for young people, Prof Rowan Parks, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Prof Grant McIntyre, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh said: “We are extremely disappointed that the propos…



Press Statement: Leading Dental Experts Welcome Scottish Payment System Reform

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The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s Faculty of Dental Surgery has welcomed a major reform of the payment system for NHS dentistry in Scotland which comes into force as of 1st November 2023. The former ‘item of service’ funding model, which disproportionately emphasised treatment over prevention, is now being replaced with a more streamlin…



Press Statement: RCSEd Dental Faculty responds to the increase in complaints around NHS dentistry

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The Dental Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is concerned at today’s report that the NHS Ombudsman is seeing record numbers of complaints about dentistry.  Grant McIntyre, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry commented: This is worrying news, but sadly not surprising. NHS Dentistry is under huge pressure, and it is our patients …



A Message from RCSEd Faculty of Dental Surgery Dean

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Dean of the RCSEd Faculty Dental Surgery, Prof Philip Taylor, has written a message to address what is happening all over the world with our dental family.



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