Posts tagged 'nhs'

The Science of Comfort & Wellbeing - By Toffeln The Difference with Toffeln  There are many brands of footwear promoting comfort. The difference with Toffeln footwear is designed especially for the healthcare industry, for dentists and nurses… people like you. Better by Design All shoes are not equal, sports footwear is designed for intensive, limited duration activities, the popular hi...

How do we prevent needlestick injuries in dental practices and keep our team safe is a question asked worldwide in practices. Pierrel have explored this issue and created a solution! 

It’s no secret that the pressure on our FOH teams is immense at the moment and doesn’t seem to be easing…in fact it feels like we are trying to manage conflict at the front desk daily, as opposed to occasionally. Many of my clients and Practice Mangers who are members of ADAM (The Association of Dental Administrators and Managers) are talking to me about their experiences of manging difficul...

As you all will be well aware, there currently significant restrictions on Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGP) to avoid Aerosol Generated Exposure (AGE). It is FGDP guidance to allow for a 60 minute fallow time between patients when performing AGP. However mitigating measures, along with thorough risk assessments, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) can be implemented to reduce this figu...

As dental practices start looking at what they might need to reopen once the COVID-19 lockdown ends, Seb Evans explores what the cost of this might be. Boris Johnson recently announced the first stage of ending the current lockdown. Despite Sara Hurley, CDO for England, saying dental guidance remains unchanged, many practices are now looking at what they may need to do when the time does co...

Over the course of BDIA Showcase this year, a special event took place on the Friday evening on board the Sunborn Yacht Hotel. You may have heard about it, you may have went, either way we're here to give you an insight of what went down (and it wasn't the boat thank God!) at the BrushUp UK BoatBash. Who are BrushUP UK? BrushUP UK are a dental Charity based, and operating, in the Sout...

Last year more than 7,000 people were diagnosed with oral cancer in the UK. In just a decade the disease has grown by a third, and of all the advances there have been in battling cancer, it is one of the few cancers that is actually predicted to increase. Of course there are several risk factors that are heavily linked to the disease, such as smoking, but oral cancer can affect anyone. Mout...

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The dental nurse plays a vital role in facilitating the first crucial conversation, which can provide the best opportunity to get to know a new patient. Buying dental treatment is a big decision for most of us. Not only do we need to feel reassured that the practice can deliver the treatment well, with minimal discomfort, but also – and, perhaps, more importantly – that we are going to a...

Within any workplace there is always a risk associated with the tasks we carry out, no matter what the occupation. Risks imposed can result in a mix of long term and short term injuries. Risk assessments can be carried out but this does not always prevent injuries, and often it is down to bad posture or the repetitiveness of a task. Many people will experience RSI at least once, if not many...