From the BDA newsdesk: 4.0 IOTN score for orthodontic care in NI proposed Proposals to introduce a threshold of 4.0 on the Index of Treatment Need (IOTN) for entitlement to orthodontic care for children in Northern Ireland are reported by BBC Online. Parents whose children are not assessed at such a level, but nonetheless wishContinue reading “Northern Ireland’s take on the IOTN”
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The Monday Morning Quote #148
“A leader is not good because they’re right. They’re good because they’re willing to learn and to trust.” General Stanley McChrystal
“HMRC business record checks condemned” more interference?
If you’re Vodafone or Goldman Sachs it’s fine to do half a billion pound deals with Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs but if you’re small enough to be picked upon and harried, look out. HMRC has faced criticism over its planned business record checks. From April this year, HMRC plans to spot-check 20,000 firms’ businessContinue reading ““HMRC business record checks condemned” more interference?”
A f*ree textbook of skin cancer and its mimics.
Aimed at medical students, doctors trying to get (re) acquainted with dermatology and other paramedical staff this new on-line text book is worth investigating by dentists and their teams. Dentists are in the enviable but responsible position of seeing our patients regularly and are therefore better placed to observe changes of the head and neckContinue reading “A f*ree textbook of skin cancer and its mimics.”
The Monday Morning Quote #147
“If you do not design the future someone or something else will design it for you.” Edward de Bono
What Patients Really Want From Health Care
Good article from Journal of American Medical Association – 2500 JAMA, December 14, 2011—Vol 306, No. 22 We think we know, but do we really? Do the people who say they know what’s best ever listen? What Patients Really Want From Health Care AIllan S. Detsky, MD, PhD Perhaps the most widely scrutinised sector ofContinue reading “What Patients Really Want From Health Care”
He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice…..
From the wonderful Savage Notes.
The Monday Morning Quote #146
“A man’s ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.” Albert Einstein
The Monday Morning Quote #145
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.“ F. Scott Fitzgerald
The trap of social media noise – great writing from Seth Godin
Seth deals with the “noise” of social media, I wish I had managed to say this so concisely and well when I wrote this piece – I will now. Here’s a link to the full piece. The trap of social media noise If we put a number on it, people will try to make theContinue reading “The trap of social media noise – great writing from Seth Godin”
The Incisal Edge 