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The BDA guidance on complying with the CQC’s ‘Essential standards of quality and safety’ is now available. The guidance will help dentists in practice understand what they need to do to meet the CQC’s standards, what evidence they can use to demonstrate compliance and where to get further information.
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Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England: All providers of primary dental care in England – both NHS and private – must be registered with the Care Quality Commission by April 2011.
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The Scottish Government Health Directorate is responsible both for National Health Service Scotland (NHS Scotland) and for the development and implementation of health and community care policy. In July 2010 it consolidated the regulations that govern the Scottish general dental services.
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This section covers the need for statements of conditions of employment for all staff employed in general practice and explains what must be covered and how to go about it.