CDO Letter regarding Ventilation Survey
Your Designated Dentist should complete this survey by 23rd April 2021.
COVID-19
COVID-19 Surveillance Programme in Dental Settings
The Chief Medical and Dental Officers have just issued a letter indicating that the dental asymptomatic infection screening programme is to be discontinued at the end of March 2021. Public Health Scotland has published findings of the programme from August to December 2020 and a final report will be published in May 2021 Download a…
Mental Health & Wellbeing Resources for Independent Dental Practitioners and their Teams
Scotland’s Mental Health Strategy takes a health promoting and preventative approach, with a guiding ambition to prevent and treat mental health problems with the same commitment, passion and drive as we do with physical health problems. We are acutely aware of the growing impact the Coronavirus pandemic is having on our professional and personal lives. …
PPE Quality Control / Quality issues
The following list of Health Board contacts will allow practitioner to make direct contact with their local boards regarding Quality Control / Quality issues with the PPE . This will allow the issue to be escalated to National Procurement. This contact should ensure escalation but reduces the notion of multiple dental practices having to make contact…
£500 one off non-consolidated payment to persons working within an Independent Service Provider
Letter regarding the £500 payment to NHS staff including NHS Dentists and dental teams
Revised SOPS for Dental Teams
Today NHS Scotland released an update to the standard operating procedures for dental teams.
SDCEP Mitigation of Aerosol Generating Procedures in Dentistry – A Rapid Review Update
The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) has today issued an update to their ‘Rapid Review of the Mitigation of Aerosol Generating Procedures in Dentistry’ within a new appendix and as a standalone document. At this time, the conclusions of the rapid review remain unchanged. Searching for new evidence will continue. The Working Group emphasises…
Funding for Primary Care PPE provision
A letter from Paul Cushley, Dental Director at National Services Scotland indicates that funding for PPE in General Dental Services as in other Primary Care services will continue under the current arrangements until the end of June 2021. Download a copy of the letter
Latest COVID Restrictions, 05 Jan 2021 – CDO Letter
CDO Letter clarifying the position for dental practices following the further restrictions announced from 5th January 2021.
Level 4 COVID restrictions – CDO letter
The Chief Dental Officer (CDO) has today issued a letter about the Level 4 COVID restrictions coing into force on Boxing day. The letter indicates that there will be no change to dental service provision during the Level 4 COVID restrictions. The letter also higlights the national infection prevention and control guidance and standard operating…
Non-CE marked Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
During the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic when PPE supply chains were at risk, the European Commission issued an easement to relevant rules with the effect that non-CE marked PPE could be purchased and used subject to their approval by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A decision has been taken to end this…
COVID Vaccination Programme – 2020/21
This memorandum, PCD(D) 2020 (14) advises NHS Boards of the opportunity to involve NHS dental contractors in the COVID-19 vaccination programme. Participation in the COVID immunisation programme is to be agreed by Boards and Area Dental Committees, depending on the overall requirements to deliver the programme. It is not mandatory for NHS dental contractors to…
Remobilisation of NHS Dental Services: Phase 4
Update 24th November: an updated version of the Standard Operating Procedures for Dental Teams was released. As previously indicated NHS dental services will be moving to phase 4 of the NHS Dental Remobilisation Plan from the 1st of November. From that date NHS dental contractors will be able to provide the full range of NHS…
Letter from the CDOs of the four UK nations
This is a joint letter to all dental health professionals from the UK’s four Chief Dental Officers.
COVID-19: infection prevention and control dental appendix
A new dental appendix to the recently published UK COVID-19: Guidance for the remobilisation of services within health and care settings is now available. The new guidance document can be viewed here The dental guidance seeks to ensure a consistent and resilient UK wide approach, though some differences in operational details and organisational responsibilities may…
CDO Letter – Full range of NHS dental treatments from 1st November
In a letter released today, Tom Ferris CDO Scotland announced that, as of Sunday 1st November dental contractors will be able to provide a full range of dental treatments to NHS patients. This announcement follows the recent publication of the Scottish Dental Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) ‘Review of Aerosol Generating Provcedures in Dentistry’ which improves understanding…
SDCEP Rapid Review on Mitigation of Aerosol Generating Procedures in Dentistry published
Today the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) published their rapid review of the evidence related to the generation and mitigation of aerosols in dental practice and the associated risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Significant support for the review was provided by Cochrane Oral Health, a key partner in the project. The review is now available to…
CDO letter and NHS advice about FFP3 respirators
Scotland’s Chief Dental Officer and NHS NSS Clinical Directorate address have written to dentists about the safety of the 3M 1863 FFP3 respirators provided by NHS Scotland to allow the provision of urgent aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) in practice.
Providing Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGPs) in Practice
A new Memorandum PCA(D)2020 (11) has been issued providing guidance on the provision of certain AGPs in practice from the 17th August. This includes the following ‘Rule of Thumb’ which should be followed until further definitive advice is available: For a treatment room with more than 10 air changes per hour (ACH) and which can…
Ventilation, water and environmental cleaning in dental surgeries relating to COVID-19
This SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) on ventilation water and environmental cleaning in dental surgeries relating to COVID-19 was developed by a Short Life Working Group (SLWG) that included all devolved administrations, representatives from Public Health England (PHE) and academia (see table below). The purpose of the short life working group was to review and…