This is a letter from the Chief Dental Officer to all dental health professionals in Scotland. It outlines the first steps for the remobilisation of NHS dental services in Scotland.
Category: CDO Letter
Dentists with Enhanced Skills in Domiciliary Care
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of new arrangements being introduced for the provision of enhanced skills in […]
Letter from the Chief Dental Officer updating the Statement of Dental Remuneration.
Letter from the Chief Dental Officer about electronic submission of orthodontic payment claim forms.
A letter from the Chief Dental Officer about the phasing down of dental amalgam and Amendment 138 to the Statement of Dental Remuneration.
Occupational health service for General Dental Practitioners (GDPS), members of the dental team and practice staff
Letter from the Chief Dental Officer about the introduction of a NHS Occupational Health and Guidance service for General Dental Practitioners.
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the publication of an amendment to the Statement of Dental Remuneration […]
This letter advises NHS Boards of a further revision of the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI) capital scheme which will take effect from 1 February 2018.
Pay and conditions of service: remuneration of hospital medical and dental staff, doctors and dentists in public health medicine
This is an addendum to the circular “Pay and conditions of service: remuneration of hospital medical and dental staff, doctors […]
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the publication of an amendment to the Statement of Dental Remuneration […]
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the introduction of a further revised GP17(O) from 1 January 2017. […]
This letter advises NHS Boards of a further revision of the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI) capital scheme which will take effect from 1 December 2016.
This communication from the Scottish Government Population Health Directorate covers two areas: Scotland’s oral health plan: a Scottish Government consultation […]
Additional Provision Enabling NHS Boards to Make Unannounced Inspections of Practices providing NHS General Dental Services (GDS)
Mandatory training requirements for dentists applying to NHS Board lists, from April 1st 2016.
This letter advises Health Boards of the latest revisions of the Scottish Dental Access Initiative (SDAI) capital scheme. The revisions […]
This letter advises NHS Boards and Practitioner Services of the completion of the revaluation exercise of practice premises undertaken by […]
This letter advises Health Boards of the extension of access to the Emergency Care Summary (ECS) to dentists. The ECS […]
This updates the previous CDO letter on external advisers issued on 29 July 2011. The letter reminds NHS Health Boards […]
New arrangements for clinical audit – Jan 2014
The attached letter clarifies the position for dentists regarding the new arrangements for clinical audit. NHS Boards are asked to urgently issue the attached letter to all dentists on their dental lists.