You will recall that the Society was involved in the early work of the Diversity in Dentistry Action Group and as a result presented their work on the ‘Mouse in the House’ to complement the Chair Nisha Sharma’s work on the ‘Elephant in the Room. We also provided feedback on the excellent driver diagram. We […]
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Are making it a criminal offence for people who are not qualified as a nurse to use the title and mislead the public. Dawn Butler MP Introduced a bill earlier this year and the report released on the 12th May states that the government is listening to nurses. How does this ipact dental nurses? The
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The Society are supporting the theme of community and have joined in the theme of going green. Many of you will know that our Exec Director Fiona Ellwood is an avid campaigner for mental health and has been a driving force behind Mental Health Wellness in Dentistry, she has also been part of the research
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The Society has led on this work since 2023 and attended several stakeholder events. As a result of the extensive work, the Society has developed a reporting pathway and additional guidance. Initially, the survey was designed specifically for dental nurses; however, after being approached by the broader dental field, the Society expanded the study to
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PRESS RELEASE Date: 26th April 2025 CDS delivers successful free dental pop-up clinic for Luton’s under-10s. Community Dental Services CIC (CDS) has partnered with Luton Borough Council to deliver a free pop-up dental clinic, at the Park Town Family Hub, for almost 100 local children under 10. The pop-up session combined oral health advice, information on
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Guidance:Update 17th April, 2025 Improving oral health: Supervised toothbrushing programme toolkit Commissioning and delivering supervised toothbrushing schemes in early years and school settings. Thank you, Brush Bus, for the picture. https://thebrushbus.com/collections/brush-racks Evidence for carrying out supervised toothbrushing There is strong evidence that the daily application of fluoride toothpaste to teeth reduces the incidence and severity
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On the 10th April, the General Dental Council published the working patterns data of general dental practitioners (dentists). This is the single largest source of working patterns data from the four nations. Data were collected from 30,066 dentists, the full report can be seen following this link https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2025/04/10/gdc-publishes-dentists’-working-patterns-data This, of course, does have implications for
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As you know, we have reintroduced the Coffee Cafe, and the aim is to introduce topics that our members request or show an interest in. These cpd events are sponsored events and so are free of charge. They are different from our membership cpd, and the topics are often broader than the recommended GDC topics.
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The Society is delighted to see that the GDC has taken stakeholder feedback on board, and whilst the changes haven’t gone far enough, these welcome changes will at least help some of our members and the wider dental team. The mapping document changes, however, have not gone far enough, registrants should be able to write
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