Dentist Support
Dentistry is a rewarding profession, however it can be stressful for many reasons. Our core aim as a LDC is to represent and support you.
If you are a levy-paying dentist and member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LDC you can contact us for a confidential discussion.
We will do our very best to assist you with your query or direct you to another organisation that can help.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.
Financial Support for Dental Practitioners; Hepatitis B, Needlestick Injuries & DBS Checks
In order to support the Dental Team, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LDC has agreed to make funding available towards Hepatits B vaccinations, Needlestick injuries and Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks, following the incurred costs of such procedures.
Funding will be available for the period 1st Jan 2024 to 31st December 2024 to all NHS dental practices in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who are providing NHS dental services.
For more information and qualifying criteria please contact via email The Administrator of the LDC, Mariana De Villiers: marianadv@hotmail.co.uk All applications for financial contribution must be received by Friday 11th January 2025.
PASS
Practitioner Advice & Support Scheme - East Anglia and Essex.
The Practitioner Advice and Support Scheme offers free confidential support and mentoring to colleagues in difficulty in the hope of resolving issues before the need for formal investigation.
The GDC and BDA has supported this ‘practitioners supporting practitioners’ approach.
Objectives of PASS are:
- The early identification of dental practitioners whose performance may be giving cause for concern.
- To provide dental practitioners with skilled help, support and guidance.
Support is offered to all dentists in the area who wish to participate in the scheme and ranges from simple telephone advice to practice visits.
It is important to understand that PASS can only help those who recognise that they are in need of support and are open to change if necessary.
Discussion of problems at an early stage with colleagues who have an understanding of the dentist’s point of view and circumstances can be invaluable.
With the support that PASS can arrange or coordinate, involvement with a more formal resolution may be avoided.
Please note that the support that PASS provides is completely confidential.
In order to access this FREE scheme, dentists contact East Anglia and Essex PASS.
If you would like independent advice about referring a colleague or yourself to the East Anglia and Essex Group please telephone or email in complete confidence, one of the following:
Nick Stolls: stolls.fam@btinternet.com 01379 586547
Hannah Woolnough: hannah.woolnough@nhs.net
Dentists’ Benevolent Fund
The BDA Benevolent Fund is an independent charity working for dentists – both past and present – to ensure that dentists do not go unsupported in times of crisis.
Every year they help people of all ages who are in serious financial need as a result of illness, accident, or other adversity. The Benevolent Fund provides grants, personal interest-free loans and occasionally financial support with career transition.
Run by dentists, for dentists, the Benevolent Fund has been working at the heart of the dental profession for over 130 years. All requests are considered in confidence.
For more information or to help support colleagues by donating please get in touch by contacting administrator@dentistshelp.org or 020 7486 4994. You can find out more about the Benevolent Fund and how they can help on their website.
Your local dentist facilitator is Dr. Sue Graham.
Funding available towards courses relating to the continuous professional development of dental nurses
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LDC has agreed to make some funding available towards courses relating to the continuous professional development of nurses, as well as funding towards individuals currently on a course towards obtaining a dental nursing qualification or new applicants enrolling on a dental nursing qualification. Funding has been made available towards the incurred costs in order to further support the Dental Team.
Funding will be available for the year 1st Jan 2024 to 31st December 2024 to all NHS dental practices in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who are providing NHS dental services.
Whilst the LDC are pleased to offer funding, this does not commit the LDC to further funding.
In order to qualify for reimbursement funding as mentioned above, the following details are required:
- Name and Full address of Dental Practice
- Name, GDC Number and Performer Number of Principal Dentist of Dental Practice and contact details at the Dental Practice for which reimbursement funding is being claimed.
- Signed statement from member of Dental Team confirming course details with Full Name of team member, Name and address of Dental Practice and contact details as well as role of team member within the Dental Practice.
- Copies of Invoices to support reimbursement funding.
The LDC reserves the right to refuse any claim for funding if deemed unsuitable. Funding may be withdrawn at any time upon the discretion of the LDC committee.
All claims for financial contributions must be sent via Email to The Administrator of the LDC, Mariana De Villiers: marianadv@hotmail.co.uk by 31st January 2025.
Incomplete or Incorrect claims, including claims without full supporting documents, will not be paid.
For further information please contact The Administrator of the LDC, Mariana De Villiers: marianadv@hotmail.co.uk
