John Milne Senior National Dental Advisor for Care Quality Commission (CQC) retired from his post on the 31st March 2023, it is simply the end of an era. SBDN are delighted to inform you that John will not be disappearing, but will be the next President of the British Dental Association (BDA). He is currently […]
SBDN were delighted to be represented in Parliament this week – ‘Dental Deserts’ hosted by Denplan & Oral Health Foundation. The hosts brought to our attention the continued debate about so-called ‘Dental Deserts’ and the challenges of the dental contract and the dental workforce. Hosts Catherine Rutland – Clinical Director of Denplan and Mr Nigel
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It seems like a life time ago that we were face to face with our members, colleagues and friends and so far, in 2023 we are seeing a glimpse of people getting to a sense of normality. The team were in attendance at the NW FMC Dentistry Show and spent so much time talking to
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The Society of British Dental Nurses are delighted to see the updated CQC Report ‘Smiling Matters’ . Oral Health matters across the life-course no irrespective of age. The SBDN special interest group have a string focus in this field and meet many of the challenges on a regular basis. Notably, not having access to the
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England– Dental hygienists and dental therapists are to be able to work under the direct access ruling as part of NHS working. Author: Fiona Ellwood Refering back to the systems approach recently discussed on the OCDO England webinar the OCDO in England has advised that direct access is now possible in the wider dental settings.
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SBDN are takingh part in two webinars next week: These are two fantastic subjects to get involved with and will be topical throughout the coming months. Please follow the link and join in the converssations. Webinar 1 looks at the work we have been involved in with the OCDO – Project Sphere, we are fortunate
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Many of you will know that I was honoured to become the President and Chief Dental Nursing Officer for the Society of British Dental Nurses in November 2022. It was an enormous pleasure and honour to take up the reins, following on from Fiona Ellwood. Like Fiona I have over 30years experience in the field
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Please look out for the link to the latest Dental Nursing Times journal – it has been a busy time and there are lots of things going on. We will be sharing links to consultations with you, the latest being on ECPD – we want to encourage you to feedback your constructive points of view
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Government Published the Women’s Health Strategy in July 2022 The Society have asked what does this strategy mean for dental nurses given that there are 57113 dental nurses on the GDC register who identify as female as of August 2022. The Society support all dental nurses and on this occasion are exploring this recent health
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OCDO England Announced first steps of contract reform, stating this is not ‘job done’. The full details are available on the link provided https://t.co/8Kpow11dmZ This represents the first significant change to the contract since its introduction in 2006. It follows 12 months of engagement with frontline dental teams, the public, patients and other stakeholders after
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