Dr Ria Patel The Society are delighted to be working with Dr Patel who is a Mental Health First Aid Trainer. What is Mental Health? The WHO’s (World Health Organisation) definition of health is, ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ Poor mental health

The Society challenges the numbers. The headlines are telling us one thing and reality is telling us another, it is time to face reality as the Society continue to ask for a workforce review and to have real data that tells us what the workforce need is. Year on year there is a headliner ‘x’

The Society are delighted to announce the Wales dental nurses study day. Many dental nurses are ken to take a look into the wider field of dentistry and secondary care working – there will be no better event than this one. We are delighted to say that on this occasion the event is being sponsored

Annual Update: V9 Dental nurses are often unsure what their postnominals are on gaining qualification/becoming a General Dental Council registrant. What is paramount is that you do not mislead the public. The registrable title is ‘Dental Nurse’, this is a protected title and can only be appled to a dental nurse who is registerd with

Every year the Society hosts an Annual Lecture for Prof. Ireland, who did so much for the wider dental team and applied skill-mix long before many of us qualified/graduated and contributed to core reading for dental therapists, dental hygienists, and dental nurses. Every year Prof. Ireland shares some of the memories and is full of

The Society are pleased to share the pictures of those dental nurses who came forward to celebrate the NHS 75the Anniversary. Some pictures are of some of our award winners/runners-up for 2022. Can you spot a colleague? The nhs is marking 75 years of service on the 5th July 2023 – a huge milestone. In

SBDN have organised 2 webinars for members which are free as a member benefit, guests are welcome . The first webinar is 05/07/2023 7.00pm, which looks at ECPD – Getting it Right First Time It is so much easier to take the time in obtaining the right CPD, over the right period of time and

SBDN are encouraging you to respond to the consultation in response to FtP reporting and having information in one place. It is worth noting that not everyone is familiar with what might happen and how to respond. Secondly the GDC have pulled together the important components of indemnity to help registrants to make good decisions.