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In the latest open council meeting on the 31st October, the General Dental Council announced that the ARF will be increased for both dentists and the wider dental team. To read the full announcement, please follow the link below. https://www.gdc-uk.org/news-blogs/news/detail/2025/10/31/gdc-announces-annual-retention-fee-for-2026 The Society is disappointed with this decision and will continue to ask the GDC to […]

Fiona Ellwood BEM Fiona has had an extensive career in dental nursing and dental nursing education; she has also undertaken several roles, with education being central to those, including the two roles she has with the General Dental Council (GDC). Over the years, she has undertaken a number of educational qualifications, from the most basic

All too often, we hear about the career ladder; the history behind the very words is questionable. As a professional group, the term’ career progression’ is contentious and often deemed meaningless to many. This is no surprise, but the sooner we start to look at careers in dental nursing through a different lens, the sooner

It was a pleasure to be invited to the Bupa Dental Care Clinical Training Academy in Staines on the 24/09/2025 Greeted by the amazing team at Bupa and a large social gathering and lunch ahead of the panel discussion and tour of the amazing facilities. It is game-changing for the world of dental education. During

The Society is pleased to acknowledge the rise in the number of dental nurses on the register in 2025, but again questions what has happened between July 2025 and August 2025, acknowledging natural attrition. It is pleasing to see a recorded increase of 3,293 dental nurses on the register as of August 2025 in comparison