FIONA ELLWOOD

Following the recent Committee meeting in June, the Society of British Dental Nurses (The Society) has approved the infographic to help keep the subject of ‘Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace’ on the agenda. Many of you will recall the extensive work undertaken to date by the Society in this field, taking a lead in this

The Society released a public statement at the start of this week to reassure the members, followers, friends, and colleagues that we are not and have no plans to merge with the Community Trade Union. The Society of British Dental Nurses remain true to its purpose and values and will remain transparent in our actions.

Professor Adrian Thorp has been appointed President of the British Association of Oral Surgeons (BAOS) We are delighted to see that Adrian has assumed the presidency for BAOS. The Society are partners of the organisation, supporting the dental nursing arm. Prof. Thorp generously spoke for the Society at the 10th Anniversary event in Manchester in

The new service has removed the requirement for applicants to send original supporting documents by post. In 2025 alone, we received around 13,000 new applications to join the Register. Applicants wishing to join the dental register can now verify their identity using facial recognition technology, track the progress of their application in real time and

Known to many, Jennifer Lavery was influential, along with others, in registration and the changes to dental nurse education, a particular article in which we must acknowledge Vital ” history of pcds: The rise and rise of PCDs” by Sell, C. 2005, tells you much of what you need to know. Jennifer was a long-serving