UPDATE: Amendment No. 157 to the SDR – Allowances

PCA(D)(2022)6 provides details of a number of changes to the Statement of Dental Remuneration (SDR): Removal of protection payments for: […]

Participate and Donate!

Please help support Professor John Gibson, a “weel-kent face” in our profession as he walks from Land’s End to John […]

Director of Dentistry Vacancy (Western Isles)

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Western Isles to lead the transformation of Dental Services across the islands to […]

Dental Hygienist training for Dental Nurses

Exciting career development opportunity for experienced dental nurses in Vocational Training Practices (practices currently involved in VT or at some stage in the last 5 years) to train as a Dental Hygienist

PCA(D)(2022)5 – Dental Equipment Repairs

PCA(D)(2022)5 provides details of the arrangements for the Improvement Allowances for Replacement and/or Repairs to Dental Equipment, including how to […]

CDO(2022)2 – CDO Letter – Updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Please find attached the updated SOP for dental teams in Scotland updated 4 April 2022. These sections reflect the main […]

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De-escalation of COVID-19 infection prevention and control (IPC) measures

The Chief Nursing Officer’s Nosocomial Review Group (CNRG) have reviewed the advice from the Antibiotic Resistance & Healthcare Acquired Infection […]

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Scottish Dental Clinical Leadership Fellows

Development opportunity for NHS General Dental Practitioners working in NHS Scotland

Use of Midazolam 10mg/2ml ampoules for buccal administration in Emergency Dental Boxes

The Deputy Chief Dental Officer has written to NHS dental teams on 18 March 2022 to advise of the use […]

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Dental patients taking anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs – SDCEP guidance update

  The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) in NES has today published the second edition of its highly accessed […]