Advice (A to Z)

All members can access our extensive range of online advice written by our team of experienced advisors.

Recent updates

July 2023	Healthcare waste
March 2023	Fees guide - Northern Ireland Applying for a Dental Vocational Training Number via 'Equivalence' in Scotland Applying for a Dental Vocational Training Number via 'Equivalence' in Northern Ireland
January 2023	Pensions - NHS pensions 24-hour retirement
September 2022	Prescribing and medicines management

A	Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs Applying for a Dental Vocational Training Number via 'Equivalence' in Scotland Applying for a Dental Vocational Training Number via 'Equivalence' in Northern Ireland Associate contracts Associate payments during the pandemic in England Associates working in general dental practice Associate leaving a practice Associates - quick guide Associates - side agreement for previous periods of the pandemic - England Associates - side agreement for previous period of the pandemic - Wales
B	Botox® and non-surgical cosmetic procedures Bullying harassment and violence at work Business continuity planning Business names and brands Business planning and managing change Buying a dental practice
C	CQC - changing your registration CQC - guidance on applying CQC - compliance requirements CQC - inspections and reports CQC - monitoring approach CQC - what a good inspection looks like Careers in dentistry Cleanliness: National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021 Clinical audit and peer review Combined Practice Inspection checklist - Scotland Companies and LLPs Complaints handling Consent CPD (enhanced) - a summary CV writing
D	Data protection Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) - Guide to completing Death and serious illness Dental unit waterlines Dentists parental leave and pay Dentists legal rights as commercial purchasers Dentists long-term sickness and pay Disability discrimination - dentists as service providers Disciplinary procedures and dismissal
E	Emergency drug poster Employees' maternity and parental rights Employee pay and rewards Employing staff Employment contracts practice sales and TUPE Enhanced CPD - a summary Equality and diversity in the workplace
F	Face masks - how to spot a fake Fee collection Fees guide - Northern Ireland Fees guide - Scotland Fee setting Financial management Freedom of information (FOIA) Furloughed workers - template letter to employees
G	GDPR explained GDPR - FAQs GDS in England and Wales - guide to the standard contract Grievance at work
H	Health and safety Healthcare waste Health Inspectorate Wales (HIW) registration guidance
I	Incorporation concerns in NI and Scotland Indemnity Infection control
J	Jury service and public duties
L	Leases and licences Legionella - risk assessment (SDCEP external site) Locums
M	Managing performance and appraisals Maternity and adoption leave and pay - Dentists' Maternity and adoption leave and pay - Employees’ Medical devices Medical emergencies Medical emergencies poster Menopause and perimenopause policy Money laundering Music and visual recordings in the practice
N	New practice start-up NHSMail account setup for private practice NHS BSA Dental Activity Review NHS dentistry in England and Wales NHS dentistry in Northern Ireland NHS dentistry in Scotland NHS dispute resolution – England and Wales NHS England: Guidance on completing the Coronavirus 2020-21 year-end declaration form NHS England targets January to March 2022 NHS England targets January to March 2021 NHS England targets April to September 2021
O	Occupational health service
P	Partnerships Paternity leave - Dentists' Paternity leave - Employees’ Patient-facing communications Patient-facing communications poster Pensions - annual limits Pensions - calculation of NHSPS Net pensionable earnings (England and Wales) Pensions - NHS pension information statements Pensions - NHS pension scheme - How to retire (England and Wales) Pensions - in the GDS (95 and 08 sections) Pensions - in the salaried services (95 and 08 sections) Pensions - Lifetime allowance Pensions - Prison dentists: access to NHS pensions scheme Pensions - the 2015 Scheme Pensions - Age discrimination remedy and public service pensions Pensions - USS changes Pensions - NHS pensions 24-hour retirement Planning permission PPE checklist Prescribing and medicines management Private dental plans and in-practice capitation schemes Private practice - Moving to private practice NI Private practice - Moving to private practice Scotland Protecting personal information Provision of private dental treatment in Northern Ireland
R	Radiation - Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners on the Safe Use of X-ray Equipment (2nd Edition) Radiation - Advice on guidance of Safe Use of X-ray Equipment 2nd Edition Radiograph quality audit FAQs Recruiting staff Redundancy Remote consultation during pandemic Respiratory protective equipment - monthly maintenance checks Risk assessment Risk assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic Risk assessment - Fully vaccinated staff identified as in contact with a COVID-19 case
S	Safeguarding patients Sedation - patient and operator safety Selling a dental practice Sickness absence Specialty training Stress
T	Tax Tendering in England and Wales Title 'Dr' Tooth whitening

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