The Chief Dental Office has issued a letter and guidance detailing contingency measures that have been put in place to preserve the integrity of GDS as a result of substantial disruption to service provision due to the escalation of the COVID-19 outbreak in Scotland. Letter from the Chief Dental Officer – 17th March 2020 COVID-19…
Health Protection Scotland are maintaining a webpage, Coronavirus (COVID-19), about the novel coronavirus outbreak and advice for healthcare providers. This includes specific Guidance for Dental Teams. If understanding of COVID-19 changes then the guidance will be updated. Therefore you are advised to check these webpages regularly to ensure that you are accessing the latest information and advice.
The latest findings of the Detailed Inspection programme of P7 children in school year 2018/19 have now been released by the Information Services Division (ISD). The National Dental Inspection Programme (NDIP) is carried out annually under the auspices of the Scottish Dental Epidemiology Co-ordinating Committee on behalf of NHS Boards. Main points Children’s dental health is continuing…
The latest amendment to the Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR) has now been released Memorandum PCA(D)(2019)12. The changes come into force on the 1st November 2019.The The full SDR No. 142 to the SDR can be downloaded from our SDR page
Please could you take 10 minutes to complete this simple, anonymous, survey on ‘Consent in Dentistry’ from the University of Dundee which aims to gauge the opinions and practises of dentists who discuss material risks with patients in the Post-Montgomery era. Thanks to those who participated the survey is now closed.
Dentists, dental nurses, dental hygienists/therapists and dental practice managers… We need your help to design strategies to help dental professionals improve the quality of the care they provide to patients. We would like to invite you to work with us to make sure we design strategies that will work in the real world of dental…
A new memorandum [PCA(D)(2019)10] outlining the arrangements for the quality improvement (QI) activities undertaken by dentists for the forthcoming 3-year cycle 2019/22 is now available. Dentists are required to undertake quality improvement activities as a terms of service requirement, as described in paragraph 40 of Schedule 1 to the NHS (General Dental Services) Scotland Regulations…
The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) draft implementation advice for Phase-down of Dental Amalgam Use is now available for consultation. The draft advice has been developed to facilitate the implementation of Article 10(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/852 on Mercury, which states: From 1 July 2018, dental amalgam shall not be used for dental treatment…
The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) is currently developing advice for dentists to facilitate the implementation of NICE Clinical Guideline 64 – Prophylaxis Against Infective Endocarditis. To better understand how this recommendation is currently being interpreted, SDCEP is inviting dentists to complete a short survey which asks about their antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis…
A new amendment to the Statement go Dental Remuneration is now available for download SDR Amendment No. 134 Previous version of the SDR are available here
Healthcare Improvement Scotland has announced it will run a pilot improvement collaborative in dentistry in primary care settings. This is an exciting opportunity for dentistry teams to take part in a ground-breaking project to test interventions and tools as part of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme in Primary Care. The successful NHS boards will receive…
Would you like to help set the agenda of future dental education research in Scotland if so please go to http://www.survey.dundee.ac.uk/dental_education_research_stage_2 and complete the online questionnaire . You will be asked to rate a list of dental education research priorities using Likert scales and then identify the top 5 priorities from a list and explain…
Following changes to the arrangements for clinical audit participation in research projects participation in dental research will be eligible for up to five hours audit credit in each three year clinical audit cycle. Dental research audit hours will be administered by Scottish Dental Practice Based Research Network(SDPBRN) via the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Portal.…
The latest guidance from SDCEP (Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme). The guidance aims to support the dental team in improving and maintaining the periodontal health of their patients The full guideline document and a range of resources can be downloaded from the SDCEP website. These include: – The Full Guidance document with comprehensive background and…