£5m for dentists in hygiene drive

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Published Date: 12 October 2007

DENTISTS in Scotland will receive an extra £5 million to help them meet new cleaning standards in their surgeries.

New guidelines mean that, from December 2009, practices must carry out the decontamination and cleaning of instruments in a separate, designated area of the surgery.

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Last Updated: 11 October 2007 10:01 PM
Source: The Scotsman
Location: Edinburgh
Related Topics: NHS Dentistry

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