Tim Harker

GDP, Practice Owner & former BDA PEC Representative from Wales. Seem to be spending a lot of time in my shed(s).

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

@HoshiOkay @WestMidsFire Still burning fiercely

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

@ooshie101 @dentistryshowCS @Mini_MCM Great start with a large audience

[Grange Dental @grange_dental]

@JasonWong12 @wendythedentist @EddieCrouch @jones_nl @NHSEngland Jason, as deputy CDO you must know what is about to be announced, for the love of molars why not tell us? Be the friend the profession needs! Please!

[Eddie Crouch @EddieCrouch]

Sensing the dental profession has lost patience with the incompetence of @NHSEngland in its communication to those trying to deliver patient care

[Grange Dental @grange_dental]

Still no notice on Q1 targets, @JasonWong12 @RebeccaVHarris can you explain this? and more to the point how can you stand to be associated with @NHSEngland when they treat your colleagues with such disdain? @TheBDA is it time to quit NHS provision? Feels like it!

[Anwen Hopkins @AnwenHopkins]

@MarkDrakeford shops opening Monday .... my 13 year old son still not allowed back to school until 12th April...empty promises

[Anwen Hopkins @AnwenHopkins]

@vaughangething please explain how shops are allowed to open on Monday but my 13 year old can’t go to school until 12th April?

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

@therealdtd @KenKenph59 @ArnoldOceng Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

@davidbridges Is that the 20% stuff? We’ve been trying to get that for ages

[Grange Dental @grange_dental]

@Jochurchill4 answer to parliamentary question

‘NHS England and NHS Improvement have set a 45% dental activity target. This target is based upon clinical advice and modelling from the office of the Chief Dental Officer’

@JasonWong12 any chance of letting us see the modelling?

[DaveTheDentist @therealdtd]

Happy Groundhog Day
If there’s one year that this applied, it’s the past one...

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

@therealdtd No rush here, not that I’d play snowballs with my son anymore, now he has a right arm MLB would pay good money for

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

Good point but to be fair, it’s better than the scheme in Wales where @MarkDrakeford is slowing down the vaccination rate “because the vaccinators will have nothing to do” if they continue at the present rate

[Grange Dental @grange_dental]

If the North East is smashing vaccination targets shouldn’t we be allowed to push through and vaccinate as many people as possible to reduce the impact of the the pandemic? @Matt_VickersMP why not ask @MattHancock why other parts of the country aren’t keeping up?

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

I’m surprised Trump hasn’t been all over Twitter boasting how bigley the crowd was at his inauguration compared to Biden’s
Hang on a moment…….

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

I used to get that a lot:
“No, it was first used in the 60s”
Long pause
“The 1860s”

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

@Andrew_Adonis @iangordon1959 Who’d have thought sense of humour would have been a casualty of Brexit?

[Grange Dental @grange_dental]

@JasonWong12 You’re right Jason be kind to staff, especially those who are being placed in the position of having chase patients into dental practices to satisfy a target! We’re having to chase people to hit the numbers, fairly sure it’s Government policy for people to stay at home! Confusing

[Grange Dental @grange_dental]

@JasonWong12 @EddieCrouch What is the justification beyond raising funds for the treasury either from patient charges or clawback? Money is the only logic and it’s got nothing to do with providing care for our patients!

[Grange Dental @grange_dental]

@JasonWong12 @EddieCrouch I’ll take the bait, can you publicly explain why a dental activity target with punitive terms is a good idea when the whole country is being told to stay at home and act like they are carrying the virus for their own safety? Asking for a profession @Jochurchill4 @MattHancock

[Tim Harker @Denscene]

@Carcaradon Well I just had to look it up😅