The Society is delighted to see a recently retired senior dental nurse Pamela Auld recognised in the New Year Honours list 2024/2025 for services to dental nursing and patient Welfare in Scotland. We also congratulate Dr Penelope (Pepe) Shirlaw LDN Chair and Honorary Consultant for her MBE for her services to dentistry. Recognition for dental […]
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The National Audit Office published its report on the 27th of November 2024. The Society was privileged to be part of the team selected to give evidence to the National Audit Office alongside other key stakeholders. The purpose of the meeting was to inform the report based on the intended long-term NHS plan and the
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It was a real pleasure to attend the Denplan roundtable event in parliament this week, to celebrate the launch of their ‘Future of Dentistry’ Report and contribute to the discussion. The central focus of the report is to focus on ‘Unlocking solutions to improving oral health’. The event was hosted by Catherine Rutland Clinical Director
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The Society has been working with a number of dental nurse registrants and representatives to establish a definition that is worthy of the current-day dental nurse and dental nursing. A recent research piece undertaken by the Executive Director of the Society has made it very clear that being valued, recognised, and acknowledged shapes and informs
The Society was honoured to present the position of dental nurses from a member’s perspective and the wider dental nursing community. The Society was asked to present the information against the backdrop of 4 questions posed by the General Dental Council: Given 5 minutes to provide a summary was perhaps a challenge in itself. Nevertheless,
the Society presents on the GDC survey findings for dental nurses. Read More »
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The Society of British Dental Nurses Launches a New Definition of Dental Nursing Read More »
We are thrilled to announce that Clare Faulkner has become the President of the Society. Clare has an extensive portfolio in dental nursing and is currently a dental nurse matron at Birmingham Dental School. Prior to this, she was the principal dental nurse at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and was the lead dental nurse
The Society of British Dental Nurses spoke recently as of one of the 5 in 5(mins) panels at the recent leadership event. The General Dental Council recently published the ‘Dental Care Professionals Working Patterns Data Report’ (31st October, 2024) and our Executive Director, Fiona Ellwood was asked to present the findings from the perspective of
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The GDC published a report on the 4th November relating to dental professionals who died while fitness to practise (ftp) concerns were being investigated or remediated. This is the first report of its kind Lord Harris notes that ” Every death is a tragedy, and when the data and what we are doing to improve
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The team are asking all dental nurses and oral health practitioners to support the Mouth Cancer Action Month. Many of you will know that Emma Riley, Lisa Andrews and Fiona Ellwood work closely with the Mouth Cancer Foundation and the Society considers this work as a key part of its SIG function. Recetly, our president
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