The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) in NES has today published the second edition of its highly accessed Management of Dental Patients Taking Anticoagulants or Antiplatelet Drugs guidance. This SDCEP guidance update provides clear and practical recommendations to support dental teams to manage and treat this patient group safely and effectively. It is…
The broader dental community has received a kind offer from North Lanarkshire College, of free access to an online Mental Health and a Digital Skills educational resources. This resource for staff may help broaden their skill base in these domains. The college have offered this as a thank you for the support they have enjoyed…
The Chief Dental Officer has issued a letter PCA(D) 2021(2) advising NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the publication of an amendment to the Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR), Amendment No. 149, which takes effect from 1 February 2021. The Memorandum advises NHS dental contractors of the move to a flat-rate payment for maternity, paternity,…
Following launch of the new NSS website (nss.nhs.scot) on 1st April 2021, content on the previous NSS website has been archived however you can still access all the previously available dental information, including the dental Covid pages and payments FAQ, on the archived site using the following link: https://archive.nhsnss.org/services/practitioner/dental/dental-covid-19-update/ Practitioner Services content will be included…
SAPG-Dental and clinical governance background to new prescribing guidance for penicillin V The Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG), part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland, was established in 2008 at the request of the Scottish Government, to support the safe and effective use of antibiotics across hospital and community settings. The SAPG committee is a multi-professional clinical…
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…
In a letter of the 20th May the Chief Dental Officer outlined a phased remobilisation of NHS dental services. To support practitioners working in primary dental care the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) has developed a Practice Recovery toolkit which includes a guide and associated implementation tools. The guide provides advice on: Practice organisation…
SDCEP is developing a guide to support dental practices prepare to re-open and start seeing patients. To help ensure that the guide addresses the topics of importance to dental teams we would be grateful if you could complete a short survey. The survey can be accessed here and should take no more than 15 minutes of your…
A rapid review of recommendations for re-opening dental services following the closure or reduction of dental services across the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has now been published. The reivew is not a guidance document but summarises recommendations from the various sources identified within five themes relevant to the re-opening of dental…
The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness programme has created a new guide entitled Dental Practice Closure During COVID-19 Pandemic. This guide comprises a checklist of points to consider when practices are to be closed for an extended period. Two parts are included in this version Part A: Actions to consider at closure Part B: Points to consider during…
This memorandum, PCA (D) (2019)8 , provides information about the forthcoming annual expenses exercise for GDPs in Scotland providing NHS General Dental Services. The exercise will run from 21st May to the 18th June 2019 and involves the completion of an online accounts template. Download a copy of Memorandum PCA (D) (2019)8
This letter PCA(D) (2019)7 provides details of a further revision of the Scottish Dental Access Initative (SDAI) which will take effect from the 1st May 2019. Download a copy of PCA(D) (2019)7
This letter advises of the latest revisions to the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI) which will take effect from the 1st April 2019 . It outlines the designated areas of Scotland where financial assistance will be available to expand or purchase existing NHS dental practices. Download a copy of the Letter PCA(D) (2019)5 …
The Scottish Government has today issued a memorandum advising of an exercise to update practice valuations for reimbursement of practice rental costs under Determination XV of the Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR). For the last revaluation exercise in 2015 all practice premises were individually inspected. This time the current market rent is determined by the…
From 1st April 2016, there was now a mandatory training requirement for dentists applying to join the dental list in Scotland for the first time, those returning to clinical practice within 5 years, and those returning after 5 years or more. Further details are available are in PCA2016(D)05 The mandatory training programme training will be…