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New funding model for NHS dentistry – working group formed
The Scottish Dental Practice Committee (SDPC) has established a working group to consider options for an NHS funding model post-COVID-19. Tom… Read more
‘Protect Scotland’ COVID-19 contact tracing app launched
Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister, has urged people to download NHS Scotland’s new contact tracing app, available for free the… Read more
Government-procured PPE ‘is safe to use’, says NHS
Dentists in Scotland who received Government-procured personal protective equipment (PPE) marked as passed its use-by/expiration dates “can be assured those… Read more
From the Magazine
Stimulating cash flow with patient finance
One of the first things many practice owners will have done at the start of lockdown would be to look… Read more
Multiplying risk
We need to find a way to get back to caring for our patients, quickly. I was talking to my… Read more
A question of confidence
It’s been tough. It continues to be so, despite the phased return to practice. Never has there been a moment… Read more
From the Archive
A question of politics
Anas Sarwar talks about his transition from the treatment room as an NHS dentist to walking the corridors of power in Westminster as the MP for Central Glasgow – a role for which he has big ambitions Read more
Avoiding the banana skin
Hew Mathewson offers advice on what to do when things don’t go quite as planned Read more