Category: News
SDCEP’s new Dental Companion app launched
13 August 2019A new app, the Dental Companion, launched today by the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP), delivers easy mobile access to SDCEP’s evidence-based guidance.
New QI eLearning modules
31 July 2019Quality improvement elearning modules for all of the dental team.
Safety Climate Survey
24 July 2019The Safety Climate Survey for dental practices will open on Thursday 1 August 2019 and close on Tuesday 31st March 2020
No health without oral health – Report
22 July 2019How oral health contributes to Public Health Priorities in Scotland This report has been produced by the Consultants in Dental […]
Scottish Health Awards 2019
12 July 2019Dentist Award Why not nominate your dentist for the 2019 Scottish Health Awards Dentist Award? Anyone can nominate and nominations […]
Quality Improvement Activity for General Dental Practitioners 2019-22
9 July 2019A new memorandum [PCA(D)(2019)10] outlining the arrangements for the quality improvement (QI) activities undertaken by dentists for the forthcoming 3-year […]
Oral Health Community Challenge Awards announced
1 July 2019The Community Challenge Fund was one of the proposals in the Oral Health Improvement Plan. Details of the fund and […]
Dental Amalgam
28 June 2019The Scottish Govenment has provided a plan of the action it is undertaking to reduce the use of dental amalgam […]
Amendment No 141 to the Statement of Dental Remuneration
27 June 2019Scottish ministers have amended the regulations on dental remuneration, effective from 1st July 2019
Use of external advisers for senior dental appointments in the PDS
14 June 2019Letter from the Interim Chief Dental Officer, 4th June 2019. This updates the previous CDO letter on external advisers issued on 2 June 2015.
Smile4life questionnaire
30 May 2019Smile4life is the national oral health improvement programme for people experiencing homelessness in Scotland. As part of an investigation into […]
GDPs Annual Expenses Exercise 2019/20
20 May 2019This memorandum, PCA (D) (2019)8 , provides information about the forthcoming annual expenses exercise for GDPs in Scotland providing NHS General […]
Revised Scottish Dental Access Initative
1 May 2019This letter PCA(D) (2019)7 provides details of a further revision of the Scottish Dental Access Initative (SDAI) which will take […]
Scottish Adult Oral Health Survey 2016-8
30 April 2019Information Services Division (ISD) has today published information on the Scottish Adult Oral Health Survey (SAOHS) . The report provides […]
Dental management of patients at risk of Infective Endocarditis – Survey
29 April 2019The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) published implementation advice regarding Antibiotic Prophylaxis Against Infective Endocarditis in August 2018. To […]
Sustainability and the Childsmile Programme
29 April 2019All dental resources used and distributed by the Childsmile programme are purchased as part of a single national contract which […]
Dental Nurses Survey
4 April 2019The Scottish Government in conjunction with the BDA (Scotland) has just announced a forthcoming survey of Dental Nurses. The survey […]
Revised Scottish Dental Access Initiative
22 March 2019This letter advises of the latest revisions to the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI) which will take effect from the […]
SDCEP – Oral Health Assessment and Review – Questionnaire
18 March 2019SDCEP (Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme) is reviewing the evidence underpinning the current Oral Health Assessment and Review guidance. To […]
e-dental programme: submission of payment claims
25 February 2019This new memorandum PCA (D) (2019) 4 provides a position report on the Scottish Government’s e-dental programme for the electronic […]