'Scotland' Blog Posts

• Scotland: Lobbying government to change dentistry

  What are the practicalities of lobbying for change? David McColl and Kenny McDonald discuss what’s next on the agenda for improving dentistry in Scotland.

  Blog Date 6 May, 2021

• Scotland: Putting dentistry on the political agenda

  How our oral health manifesto is shaping election debate and what else the next Scottish Government needs to do to bridge oral health inequalities.

  Blog Date 15 April, 2021

• Becoming a volunteer vaccinator in Scotland

  On becoming a COVID-19 volunteer vaccinator in Scotland and how you can join up.

  Blog Date 4 March, 2021

• Scotland: Putting PDS in the spotlight

  Graham Smith, Chair of the Scottish PDS Committee, highlights the massive backlog of unmet dental need and the future capacity concerns.

  Blog Date 3 February, 2021

• Scotland: Fighting for dentistry

  Phil Grigor, Director of BDA Scotland, takes stock of 2020’s successes and challenges and looks ahead to 2021.

  Blog Date 17 December, 2020

• Scotland: COVID-19 impacts dental education and training

  What impact has the pandemic had on dental education and training in Scotland? Colin Levey of the University of Dundee investigates.

  Blog Date 11 November, 2020

• Scotland: Our ongoing fight for dentists

  David McColl outlines 10 things BDA Scotland is doing on your behalf right now and why it’s vital that we stick together.

  Blog Date 28 September, 2020

• Coronavirus: Increased pressure on UDCCs in Scotland

  Stuart Fullerton, an associate dentist based near Glasgow, discusses the ever increasing pressure on urgent dental care centres as lockdown lifts.

  Blog Date 14 July, 2020

• Coronavirus: Three ways we are campaigning for dentists in Scotland

  Dr Phil Grigor looks at how BDA Scotland is working on your behalf as the phased return to dentistry continues.

  Blog Date 2 July, 2020

• Coronavirus: Reopening dental practices in Scotland

  David McColl reflects on the plans to reopen dental practices in Scotland and the challenges facing dentists.

  Blog Date 18 June, 2020

• Coronavirus: Hospital dentistry in Scotland during and after COVID-19

  Manar Elkhazindar on some of the challenges faced by the Hospital Dental Service in Scotland in dealing with COVID-19 and planning what comes after.

  Blog Date 19 May, 2020

• Coronavirus: Progress made in Scotland in early May

  It’s now been six weeks since lockdown was declared in the UK to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Here in Scotland, we continue to press for progress and clarity on financial support for dentists and dentistry and for plans to be made for dentistry post-lockdown.

  Blog Date 7 May, 2020

• Coronavirus: PDS leading on urgent care in Scotland

  The chair of the Scottish PDS Committee tells us how the PDS have led the way in setting up urgent care in Scotland and reflects on years of underfunding.

  Blog Date 23 April, 2020

• Coronavirus: Progress on key areas in Scotland

  Dr Phil Grigor, BDA Scotland National Director, highlights some of the main recent developments affecting dentists and their teams.

  Blog Date 16 April, 2020

• Coronavirus: BDA Scotland and securing funding for viability of NHS dentistry

  David McColl, Chair of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee, details the work of the committee in recent weeks to ensure NHS practices remain viable during the COVID-19 crisis.

  Blog Date 1 April, 2020

• Coronavirus: 3 things BDA Scotland is doing for dentists

  David Cross, Vice Chair of the BDA Scottish Council, gives us an insight into the work done so far to support dentists during the pandemic crisis.

  Blog Date 1 April, 2020

• Working for you: BDA Scotland in 2020

  Our focus for BDA Scotland for 2020 is to ensure that NHS dentistry remains sustainable and that dentists are at the heart of oral health policy decisions in Scotland.

  Blog Date 13 February, 2020

• BDA Scotland: moving dentistry forward in 2019

  BDA Scotland has been busy working on your behalf this year. Our staff and committee members have been making the case for dentistry and highlighting a number of issues affecting dentists working in Scotland - here's a roundup of our activities.

  Blog Date 17 December, 2019

• The truth behind the headlines: persistent oral health inequalities in Scotland

  Robert Donald argues that although new stats showing improvements in children's oral health in Scotland are welcome, the Scottish Government cannot rest on its laurels about the stark oral health inequalities across Scotland, and calls for more investment for dentistry.

  Blog Date 6 November, 2019

• Is the issue of stress in dentistry finally being taken seriously?

  BDA President Roz McMullan responds to the news the Department of Health in England has finally extended access to all NHS dentists to the Practitioner Health Support Programme. She also looks at what similar provision is available in the other three UK countries.

  Blog Date 5 November, 2019

• BDA Scottish Dental Conference 2019: updates from the world of clinical dentistry

  If you missed it, here are some of the highlights from our Scottish Dental Conference and Exhibition in September.

  Blog Date 15 October, 2019

• Clunky IT sums up failure to invest in Scottish dentistry

  We leapt at the chance to make our case to Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee, as they held a much-needed inquiry into what the ‘next generation’ of primary care should look like.

  Blog Date 3 October, 2019

• Should dentists 'do less' to avoid punitive taxes on their NHS Pension?

  What we are doing to ensure dentists don't lose out over paying taxes on their NHS Pensions.

  Blog Date 14 August, 2019

• Sports injuries and dental trauma: a project to save knocked out teeth

  Learn about this great project encouraging prevention of dental trauma from sports injuries by a group of DCTs in Scotland and find out how you can use their resources to raise awareness amongst your patients.

  Blog Date 1 August, 2019

• What's it like being an... associate dentist in the Scottish Highlands? Jane Patterson

  Jane Patterson is an associate dentist working in a mixed practice in Inverness. She has a passion for lifeboats and dogs…

  Blog Date 23 July, 2019

• HPV vaccinations for boys in Scotland - why a catch-up programme is needed

  Oral cancer is a serious and growing concern in Scotland – incidence rates are among the highest in Europe, we have seen a 37% increase in oral cancer deaths in the last decade, and it claims three times as many lives in Scotland as car accidents.

  Blog Date 17 July, 2019

• Oral cancer: why early detection is key

  A personal testimony from MSP Mark McDonald on why he supports BDA Scotland's position on annual dental check-ups.

  Blog Date 30 April, 2019

• Getting a fairer deal for dentists in Scotland: making the case for pay uplifts

  We made the case for dentists working in Scotland to the pay review body, highlighting the key issues facing our profession and the need for change.

  Blog Date 3 April, 2019

• Concerns over the future of the Public Dental Service in Scotland

  Graham Smith says continuing cuts to the PDS are causing serious concerns about the future of the service in Scotland.

  Blog Date 5 March, 2019

• Tackling stress: Scotland's dentists accessing support services

  The occupational health services that we fought for dentists to have access to is proving to be useful. We encourage any dentist who feels they need support to access the service to help tackle the growing rise of stress in our profession.

  Blog Date 19 February, 2019