On Thursday 15th Jan, the long awaited proposal for dental contract prototypes was released by the Department of Health. The prototypes were first mentioned last April @ BDA 2014 meeting, Manchester Conference. I attended that meeting and posted a blog “From Piloting to Prototyping” http://2020dentistry.com/piloting-prototyping. There is a need for substantive data generated from the pilots, to assist the construction of sustainable prototypes.

Here is the full text for the new prototypes published by the Department of Health https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/395384/Reform_Document.pdf The time has come for those committed DCPs to take an active part in the debate shaping the future of their profession