Reading List

Selected guidance and resources on safeguarding for dental nurses in UK practice.

• GDC - Principle 8: Raise concerns if patients are at risk - professional duties to raise safeguarding and patient-safety concerns.
• GDC - Scope of Practice - current scope, competence, and indemnity guidance.
• GDC - Safe Practitioner: Dental Nurse - dental nurse behaviours including advocacy, records, cultural competence, and speaking up.
• CQC - Dental mythbuster 29: safeguarding adults, children and young people at risk - dental-practice safeguarding systems and inspection expectations in England.
• RCPCH - Level 2 safeguarding children competencies - current Level 2 expectations for healthcare staff.
• RCN - Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff - adult safeguarding competency framework for healthcare staff.
• NHS England - Safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk in the NHS - safeguarding accountability and assurance framework.
• GOV.UK - Working together to safeguard children - statutory guidance for multi-agency child safeguarding in England.
• GOV.UK - Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners - practical advice on lawful information sharing for child safeguarding.
• GOV.UK - Care and support statutory guidance - adult safeguarding guidance under the Care Act framework in England.
• GOV.UK - Domestic Abuse Act statutory guidance - statutory guidance on domestic abuse and professional responses.
• GOV.UK - Modern slavery: how to identify and support victims - statutory and non-statutory guidance on modern slavery.
• GOV.UK - Prevent duty guidance for healthcare professionals - healthcare guidance on Prevent safeguarding responsibilities.
• GOV.UK - Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice - capacity guidance for England and Wales.
• NSPCC Learning - Child abuse and neglect - professional information on recognising and responding to child abuse.