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Additional Surgeries; Face Coverings; Private Dental Care; Routine Referrals ADDITIONAL SURGERIES Yesterday’s Chief of Dentistry update is available here A new webropol survey will soon be sent to your Practice Generic Inbox to allow for Phase 3 Self-Declarations. It will gather information about: Additional surgeries Routine treatments Numbers of patients Additional surgeries will require ‘sign off’ and the webropol…

Phase 3 Implementation; Routine Care; Glasgow Fair Monday PHASE 3 BEGINS On 9th July the CDO confirmed that from Monday 13th July  Phase 3 of the re-mobilisation plan will begin. On the same day we received an update from the GG&C Chief of Dentistry  hinting at some of the preparations GG&C were making in anticipation of this. On 10th July a PCA from Scottish Government…

Phase 2 Implementation; Urgent Dental Care Definition; SDR Triage Codes; Phase 3 Start Date The 24th June GG&C Chief of Dentistry Update is now available here. A letter from the CDO notifying us of the Phase 3 start date is available here. PHASE 2 IMPLEMENTATION On 15th June the CDO sent out a PCA to accompany…

CDO Letter; Emergency SDR; Extirpating Molars; NES Returning to Practice FAQs CDO LETTER – PCA(D)(2020)9 On 15th June the CDO sent out a PCA to accompany an emergency SDR. The expectation is that the First Minister will move us into Phase 2 of the SG Routemap on Thursday 18th June. This means that practices will be able to start opening to see…

CDO Letter; Renumbered Phases; UDCC ‘Rejected Referrals’ The LDC summary of the most relevant news affecting GG&C GDPs today is below: CDO LETTER  Today, the CDO sent an update which linked the opening of NHS Dental Practices to the Scottish Government overarching Route Map stating that we go back when they announce Phase 2. The National Status is due to…

Reopening Practices; PPE Packages; Emergency Care Summaries; Furlough and SISS Today’s update from the GG&C Chief of Dentistry is available here. The LDC summary of the most relevant news affecting GG&C GDPs today is: CDO LETTER – NO FURTHER UPDATES No further update from the Chief Dental Officer has arrived since ‘Remobilisation of NHS Dental Services in…

Phase 1 Implementation; Phase 2 Planning; Vaccination Volunteers Today’s update from the GG&C Chief of Dentistry is available here. The LDC summary of the most relevant news affecting GG&C GDPs today is: GG&C PHASE 1 IMPLEMENTATION Today’s CoD update indicates that Phase 1 of the CDO remobilisation plan is ready to go. We are of…

Phased Return to Practice; Mixed Practices; Covid Symptoms Update; GDC ARF Today’s update from the GG&C Chief of Dentistry is available here. Today’s letter from the CDO: ‘Remobilisation of NHS Dental Services in Scotland’ is also now available. The LDC summary of the most relevant news affecting GG&C GDPs today is: CDO LETTER – PHASED RETURN TO…

Schedules; PSD FAQs; SDCEP Survey The most relevant news affecting GG&C GDPs today is: SCHEDULES The April paid May schedules are now available to see and download. PSD have been unable to make these accessible beyond an NHS SWAN networked computer. However, if you are able remotely access your practice computers you should be able to then…

 SDCEP Drugs Update; Duraphat Prescriptions; Furlough Extension; PSD Calculations Please follow this link to access yesterday’s GG&C Chief of Dentistry Update.Remember, all the updates and official advice specific to Glasgow are available on the GG&C NHS website. The most relevant news affecting GG&C GDPs today is: SDCEP DRUGS UPDATE SDCEP has updated the Drugs for Management of Dental Problems…