Reading List

A selected Reading List to support and extend learning from Resilience Training for Dental Nurses.

1. Core Dental and Workplace Guidance

• GDC - Standards for the Dental Team
  Professional standards covering teamwork, professionalism, communication and patient-centred care.
  https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/standards-for-the-dental-team

• GDC - Scope of practice
  Guidance on roles, boundaries, delegation, handover and escalation.
  https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/scope-of-practice

• NICE - Mental wellbeing at work (NG212)
  Guidance on workplace culture and mental wellbeing at work.
  https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng212

• HSE - Work-related stress and how to manage it
  Guidance on work-related stress and organisational responsibility.
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/overview.htm

2. Everyday Resilience and Self-Management

• NHS Every Mind Matters - Mental wellbeing tips
  Practical advice on sleep, stress management, movement, social connection and self-care.
  https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/mental-wellbeing-tips/

• NHS Every Mind Matters - Stress
  Information to help recognise stress and take early action.
  https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/mental-health-issues/stress/

• NHS inform - What to do if you are struggling with stress
  Descriptions of stress symptoms, practical coping steps and signposts to support.
  https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/stress/what-to-do-if-you-are-struggling-with-stress/

3. Support Routes Across the Four Nations

• England - NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression
  https://www.nhs.uk/talk

• Scotland - NHS inform mental wellbeing
  https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/

• Wales - HEIW Mental health
  https://heiw.nhs.wales/workforce/workforce-wellbeing/mental-health/

• Northern Ireland - nidirect Workplace stress
  https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/workplace-stress

Use these resources to broaden knowledge of resilience, recovery, boundaries and routes to support when workplace pressure requires more than self-care.