The first 100 days.

Just a reminder that the Tories had 14 years to change any aspects of the dental contract that weren’t working, or indeed to scrap it and start again, 14 years. Here is a FullFact which explains the state of play.
fullfact.org/health/rishi-sunak-nhs-dentist-numbers/

Didn’t we lose a lot of dentists from the EU because of Brexit though?

The Prime minister has re-set the U.K. governments opinion over the future of NI.

He indicated that the NI people must be allowed to decide their own fate, and if a vote says they wish to become part of Ireland - so be it.

The prime minister will act as an “honest broker”

the current dental contacts were introduced in 2006 under Labour

Indeed they were GG and I certainly hope this new Labour government will behave more honourably. The terms and conditions of the 2006 contracts caused a mass exodus of NHS dentists from NHS dentistry.

GrannyGravy13

Whitewavemark2 the current dental contracts were introduced in 2006 under Labour.

Conservatives added an addendum in 2023 to withdraw a co tract if (précis )^the provider was not providing^

But were dentists given increased funding in line with inflation to treat people as NHS patients or has that been underfunded year upon year?

Whitewavemark2

Wes Streeting appears to have achieved a breakthrough with the NHS dentists.

“following initial talks with the new Health Secretary Wes Streeting, the BDA welcomed the government’s view of profound failings in the NHS, saying that it could “hold the key to breaking the impasse on fundamental reform of the service".
Shawn Charlwood, chair of the BDA's General Dental Practice Committee said: “There is finally recognition that failed contracts and underfunding have fuelled the current crisis…there's now a chance to move forward, to rescue and reform a service millions depend on.”

Good oh

What actually caused the problem with too few dentists was the government’s new deal in 2006 which caused dentists to drop out of the NHS because of the new (then) contracts imposed on dentists by the government of the day. There is a poster on GN who is married to a dentist who was working at that time, who has verified that this indeed was the cause of our current situation. That government was a Labour government. Let us hope that this Labour government behaves more honourably towards the dentists.

Whitewavemark2 the current dental contracts were introduced in 2006 under Labour.

Conservatives added an addendum in 2023 to withdraw a co tract if (précis )^the provider was not providing^

Whitewavemark2

The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have condemned the Russian attack on a children’s hospital in Ukraine.

The described the U.K. s support to Ukraine as iron-clad.

Lammy has been touring some European countries to begin to ascertain the level of support Europe can give to Ukraine.

This is very positive.
We must continue to support Ukraine.

Germanshepherdsmum

The emphasis seems to be on numbers of houses and those numbers being compulsory. We must not lose sight of the essential infrastructure required to underpin them.

I can’t see what would be different from now if that happened though? That’s not to say it’s right to work that way, but current practice is to build the houses and then let the services they need scrabble round to accommodate them. If it carries on as it’s always been, should we criticise - or are we expecting a rabbit to miraculously be pulled out of the hat?

Wes Streeting appears to have achieved a breakthrough with the NHS dentists.

“following initial talks with the new Health Secretary Wes Streeting, the BDA welcomed the government’s view of profound failings in the NHS, saying that it could “hold the key to breaking the impasse on fundamental reform of the service".
Shawn Charlwood, chair of the BDA's General Dental Practice Committee said: “There is finally recognition that failed contracts and underfunding have fuelled the current crisis…there's now a chance to move forward, to rescue and reform a service millions depend on.”

Good oh

I liked Milliband’s message to his department today

“delivering our mission to boost energy independence and cutting bills through clean power by 2030; taking back control of our energy with Great British Energy; upgrading Britain’s homes and cutting fuel poverty through our warm homes plan; standing up for consumers by reforming our energy system; creating good jobs in Britain’s industrial heartlands, including a just transition for the industries based in the North Sea; and leading on international climate action, based on our domestic achievements.”

I do not like that the Women and Equalities brief has not been given to a Secretary of State, even though Dodds will sit at Cabinet.

Primrose my post was in this thread, the photo of it I attached to my response to you shows the time and date, so it should be simple to find. And RTFT means Read The Full (or other f-word as per Mumsnet) Thread.

The emphasis seems to be on numbers of houses and those numbers being compulsory. We must not lose sight of the essential infrastructure required to underpin them.

Oops typo plane should obviously be plain 🤦‍♀️

Casdon

Germanshepherdsmum

Building a lot of houses without the necessary infrastructure - schools, shops, workplaces, GP surgeries, bus routes and sometimes railway stations, improvements to local roads and drainage facilities - is pointless. It just stores up more problems for the future.

I agree, but it’s been happening for many years.

I also agree, but how do we know that is what is planned?

MayBee70

I do hope that new housing takes into account the flooding that can be caused if houses are built in the wrong places.

Our local council has been battling for years with the Government who want to overturn the local decision not to give planning permission to build on the local flood plane which runs along a tributary of the Thames.

Our constituency MP has been excellent up to now, siding with and assisting the council, now they are in opposition we are very concerned.

I am 100% certain that Reeves is aware of the labour shortage.

I am equally sure that there will be plans put into place to mitigate this shortage.

I shall post as soon as I read it.

Germanshepherdsmum

Building a lot of houses without the necessary infrastructure - schools, shops, workplaces, GP surgeries, bus routes and sometimes railway stations, improvements to local roads and drainage facilities - is pointless. It just stores up more problems for the future.

I agree, but it’s been happening for many years.

MayBee70

I do hope that new housing takes into account the flooding that can be caused if houses are built in the wrong places.

Yes planning is always strongly advised by the EA regarding flood plains, and they sometimes ignore it, but not so often as they used to do because they are now so aware of the flooding and the disaster to homes.

Building a lot of houses without the necessary infrastructure - schools, shops, workplaces, GP surgeries, bus routes and sometimes railway stations, improvements to local roads and drainage facilities - is pointless. It just stores up more problems for the future.

MayBee70

I do hope that new housing takes into account the flooding that can be caused if houses are built in the wrong places.

Yes- absolutely! Also I hope they will use as much sustainable material as possible.

Exactly. Availability of skilled tradespeople and materials is a huge problem and has been for some time. It’s all very well setting targets, but pointless unless they are achievable. Many skilled tradespeople have for years refused to work for the large house builders because of the way they are treated. Which results in a second rate job and long snagging lists from dissatisfied buyers.

I do hope that new housing takes into account the flooding that can be caused if houses are built in the wrong places.

We deal with building companies all day every day, their main gripe is the unavailability of skilled labour.

Where are the plumbers, electricians, carpenters, brick layers going to come from?

It takes time to train craftsmen/women, are they going to recruit from abroad and wave through their immigration process?

It concerns me that the impression I gained from what RR said today that if local people object a planning application will be decided at national level. Local authorities will, as I understand it, be given targets for numbers of homes to be built which will be compulsory. Not sure how that will work. She talked about getting young people on the housing ladder but surely the greatest need at present is for housing provided for social rent - significantly lower than affordable rent, which is 80% of open market rent. Not everyone will ever earn enough to qualify for a mortgage.

Reeves is very aware that there will be huge pushback from the nimbys which is why she is pushing this through asap.

There will always be people who jealously guard their way of life, but decent housing for our citizens must take priority.