Category: COVID-19
(2023-2-CDO-Letter) Withdrawal of COVID-19 extended use of face masks
22 May 2023Following a review, that the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health andSocial Care and the Minister for Social Care, Mental […]
CDO(2022)2 – CDO Letter – Updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
4 April 2022Please find attached the updated SOP for dental teams in Scotland updated 4 April 2022. These sections reflect the main […]
De-escalation of COVID-19 infection prevention and control (IPC) measures
1 April 2022The Chief Nursing Officer’s Nosocomial Review Group (CNRG) have reviewed the advice from the Antibiotic Resistance & Healthcare Acquired Infection […]
PCA(D)(2022)4 – Dental Sustainability Funding
7 March 2022PCA(D)(2022)4 gives details of: Funding support for ventilation and electric speed adjusting hand pieces/other equipment; notifications of interest; One-Off Sustainability […]
Recovery of NHS Dental Services: Revised Payment Arrangements
2 March 2022PCA(D)(2022)3 gives details of the: cessation of emergency support payments after the March-paid April 2022 payment schedule, replaced by a […]
Managing Impact of COVID-19 on NHS Dental Services Over the Winter Period
20 December 2021The Chief Dental Officer has written to the profession to provide an update on managing the impact of COVID-19 (Omicron) […]
Red Band Handpieces
11 October 2021A webinar held in Sept 2021 with Tom McWilliam that provides and overview of the use of speed adjusting handpieces […]
CDO Letter – Infection Prevention and Control guidance
8 July 2021In a letter today the Chief Dental Officer has provided an update on some forthcoming actions in relation to infection […]
Statement of Dental Remuneration Amendment No.150
6 July 2021Memorandum PCA(D)2021(3) outlines the latest amendments to the statement of of dental remuneration (SDR). The memorandum contains details of:- Funding […]
Equitable remobilisation of dental services
14 June 2021The Scottish Consultants in Dental Public Health and Chief Administrative Dental Officers have published a position paper on the ‘equitable […]
COVID-19 infection prevention and control dental appendix
3 June 2021This guidance is issued jointly by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Public Health Wales (PHW), Public Health […]
Environmental mitigation of aerosol generating procedures in dental practice – SDCEP Survey
2 June 2021Following the publication of the Rapid Review of Aerosol Generating Procedures in Dentistry, the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) is […]
Ventilation Information for Dentistry from SDCEP
4 May 2021SDCEP has published a summary of currently available information on ventilation. This has been compiled from several key publicly available […]
SDCEP -Rapid Review of Aerosol Generating Procedures in Dentistry- Update
29 April 2021SDCEP has has issued an update to Mitigation of Aerosol Generating Procedures in Dentistry – A Rapid Review within a new […]
CDO Letter, 13 April 2021
13 April 2021Letter from the CDO covering the Ventilation Survey, LFD Testing and the COVID-19 Surveillance Programme.
CDO Letter regarding Ventilation Survey
31 March 2021Your Designated Dentist should complete this survey by 23rd April 2021.
COVID-19 Surveillance Programme in Dental Settings
26 March 2021The Chief Medical and Dental Officers have just issued a letter indicating that the dental asymptomatic infection screening programme is […]
Mental Health & Wellbeing Resources for Independent Dental Practitioners and their Teams
8 March 2021Mental health resources for independent dental practitioners and their teams.
PPE Quality Control / Quality issues
2 March 2021Health Board contacts for Quality Control / Quality issues with the PPE
£500 one off non-consolidated payment to persons working within an Independent Service Provider
8 February 2021Letter regarding the £500 payment to NHS staff including NHS Dentists and dental teams