In the current series of interviews with bodies corporate in the BDJ there are a number of similar themes emerging that reflect the changes likely to happen within dentistry as a whole. One of these is the fascinating observation that it is the dentists in private practice who often complain the most about conditions in the NHS.
This phenomenon is not restricted to bodies corporate of course, but has simply emerged from the recent interviews. I can confirm that this is indeed a fairly common occurrence as I have myself occasionally witnessed emotive tirades against the NHS by dentists in (mainly) private practice. Apart from raising the obvious question 'Why are they so concerned when it doesn't affect them?' this emphasises the fact that for many years there has been a general discontent from the profession about the conditions in the NHS, especially in general practice. Interestingly this may be about to change in ways that many GDS dentists in England may be unaware of.
