All Speed Reads are available in the COVID Base on the intranet and the ‘Staff’ section of the NHS Lothian website. (more…)

Message sent to senior GPs, clinical mailboxes, practice managers, dental practices, ophthalmic practices and community pharmacies in Lothian. Please ensure that all relevant staff are aware of this message. Dear colleagues, Please see the IPC’s comments with regard to home-made PPE. The Infection prevention and control guidance for pandemic coronavirus is available from the following: […]

Due to the current situation regarding the outbreak of COVID-19 in Scotland a decision has been made to bring forward the close date for claim submissions for the March paid April 2020 schedule to Wednesday 1 April 2020 at 5pm. This is to allow our dental payments team crucial time to calculate the payments that […]

CORONAVIRUS Do not enter local print For ease of access, please print and leave in staff areas for colleagues. COVID SPEEDREAD 27 MARCH

Dentistry SCS flyer Summary 3 v1

COVID SPEEDREAD 25MARCH (03)  

All Pharmacies March 2020 for Dentistry Optometry DoD COVID-19 update 27th March 2020 remote prescribing infographic

Please see the following documents for your urgent attention. (more…)

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are a new continuous cough and/or a fever/high temperature (37.8C or greater). A new continuous cough is where you: have a new cough that’s lasted for an hour have had 3 or more episodes of coughing in 24 hours are coughing more than usual A high temperature is feeling […]

Following my letter of 17 March, describing the new arrangements for dentistry during this COVID-19 outbreak, and guidance on financial support measures, I wanted to provide further clarity about the precise nature of these measures, and specific guidance around the use of aerosol generating procedures (AGPs). Read full CDO Letter COVID-19 Update Position 18 March […]