FIONA ELLWOOD

Dr Charlotte Waite introduces the collaborative work bringing Makaton to the dental setting. President Fiona Ellwood said ‘being able to sign is important’, the GDC make it clear in the Standards for dental professionals that we must communicate effectively with patients … and take their communication needs into account’. A number of dental professionals do […]

Here you will find the results of a rapid evidence assessment, of work published since 2006, to better understand the extent to which dental professionals experience mental health problems and the conditions that contribute to mental and emotional distress. The work provides a comprehensive review of evidence on the mental health and wellbeing of dental

The Society of British Dental Nurses congratulate those awarded recently awarded Fellowships by the FGDP (Uk) https://www.fgdp.org.uk/news/fgdpuk-fellowship-awards-2 The Faculty has conferred Fellowships on fifteen individuals in recognition of their exceptional professional achievements.  FGDP(UK) Fellowship marks out a dentist’s ongoing commitment to professional development and reflective practice, diligence in upholding the highest standards of clinical care, and distinction

A Professional Wide Commitment SBDN are delighted to see this document published (May 2021) as a result of the enormous piece of work from the Chair Nishma Sharma and the Strategic Oversight Group. The Society are pleased to have been given an opportunity to contribute to the work and present at one of the meetings.

he NHS has a crucial role to play in helping people with a learning disability and autistic people to lead longer, happier and healthier lives. That’s why in the Long Term Plan, the NHS committed to improving the level of awareness and understanding across the NHS of how best to support people with a learning

Regulatory reform 2021: providing a consultation response (GDC https://www.gdc-uk.org/about-us/our-organisation/regulatory-reform) Original source The Department of Health and Social Care has published a consultation document, Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public, setting out proposals for reforming the legislation under which each of the healthcare professional regulators operate, including the GDC. Our ambitions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of

The Society of British Dental Nurses welcomes this report, we have contributed to the development of the report via the stakeholder groups and our President Fiona Ellwood presented a report from our own small scale survey, the ‘Mouse in The House”. We congratulate Nishma Sharma and the Strategic Oversight Group on this much needed piece

Today the GDC published their updated statement on remote – direct-to-consumer orthodontics, with supporting guidance for dental professionals and information for the public. www.gdc-uk.org The statement is based on three main requirements:  In line with current authoritative clinical guidance, and orthodontic training, clinical judgements about the suitability of a proposed course of orthodontic treatment must be based on a