Statement of Dental Remuneration: Amendment No. 139
Letter from the Chief Dental Officer updating the Statement of Dental Remuneration.
Letter from the Chief Dental Officer updating the Statement of Dental Remuneration.
Letter from the Chief Dental Officer about electronic submission of orthodontic payment claim forms.
A letter from the Chief Dental Officer about the phasing down of dental amalgam and Amendment 138 to the Statement of Dental Remuneration.
Letter from the Chief Dental Officer about the introduction of a NHS Occupational Health and Guidance service for General Dental Practitioners.
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the publication of an amendment to the Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR), effective from from 1 January 2018. It also advises of a survey of dental working patterns being undertaken on behalf of the BDA and Scottish Government. Action NHS Boards and Practitioner Services are asked…
This letter advises NHS Boards of a further revision of the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI) capital scheme which will take effect from 1 February 2018.
This is an addendum to the circular “Pay and conditions of service: remuneration of hospital medical and dental staff, doctors and dentists in public health medicine and the community health service; hospital medical and dental staff;; doctors and dentists in public health medicine and the community health service; public dental service staff;; dental training grades;…
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the publication of an amendment to the Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR), Amendment No 134, which takes effect from 1 April 2017. The Memorandum to this letter also advises dentists and dental bodies corporate of the implementation dates for IT-related developments. Download a copy of the…
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the introduction of a further revised GP17(O) from 1 January 2017. The memorandum advises of changes to the GP17(O) in relation to Universal Credit Download a copy of the letter and memorandum
This letter advises NHS Boards of a further revision of the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI) capital scheme which will take effect from 1 December 2016.
This communication from the Scottish Government Population Health Directorate covers two areas: Scotland’s oral health plan: a Scottish Government consultation exercise on the future of oral health Defibrillators to independent dental practices providing NHS General Dental Services (GDS)
Additional Provision Enabling NHS Boards to Make Unannounced Inspections of Practices providing NHS General Dental Services (GDS)
Mandatory training requirements for dentists applying to NHS Board lists, from April 1st 2016.
This letter advises Health Boards of the latest revisions of the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI) capital scheme. The revisions come into effect from the 1st November 2015. The outlines those Health Board areas where offers of financial assistance to establish new or expand or purchase existing NHS dental practices will be available only Download…
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the completion of the revaluation exercise of practice premises undertaken by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) on behalf of the Scottish Government. It advises of dissemination arrangements, on the use of the information now available, the arrangements for valuations following the national exercise and arrangements for…
This letter advises Health Boards of the extension of access to the Emergency Care Summary (ECS) to dentists. The ECS Service Board has agreed that dentists working in out of hours NHS dental services and those working within the Public Dental Services should have access to the ECS. Download a copy of the letter
This updates the previous CDO letter on external advisers issued on 29 July 2011. The letter reminds NHS Health Boards that when appointing to any senior non-specialist post in the Public Dental Service they should involve an External Adviser from the attached list. Download a copy of the letter
The attached letter clarifies the position for dentists regarding the new arrangements for clinical audit. NHS Boards are asked to urgently issue the attached letter to all dentists on their dental lists.
The attached document updates and supersedes the guidance on payment verification procedures for Primary Medical Services contained in CEL (2011) 24 and CEL (2012) 16 and outlines the arrangements for payment verification for 2013/14.
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the introduction of the recording, capturing and processing of tooth specific payment data with effect from 1 April 2013.