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RCSEd President and Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery React to the Proposed Tobacco and Vapes Bill

RCSEd President and Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery react to the news that the government will be shelving proposed legislation to ban smoking for young people.

Reacting to the news that the government will be shelving proposed legislation to ban smoking for young people, Prof Rowan Parks, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Prof Grant McIntyre, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh said: “We are extremely disappointed that the propos…


Leading Dental Experts Welcome Scottish Payment System Reform

Leading Dental Experts Welcome Scottish Payment System Reform

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s Faculty of Dental Surgery has welcomed a major reform of the payment system for NHS dentistry in Scotland which comes into force as of 1st November 2023. The former ‘item of service’ funding model, which disproportionately emphasised treatment over prevention, is now being replaced with a more streamlin…


RCSEd Dental Faculty responds to the increase in complaints around NHS dentistry

RCSEd Dental Faculty responds to the increase in complaints around NHS dentistry

The Dental Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is concerned at today’s report that the NHS Ombudsman is seeing record numbers of complaints about dentistry.  Grant McIntyre, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry commented: This is worrying news, but sadly not surprising. NHS Dentistry is under huge pressure, and it is our patients …


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