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The National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) a Lancashire based charity, achieved Ofqual recognition in January 2023, this means they are formally regulated as an Awarding Organisation by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). As a non-ministerial government department, Ofqual regulates qualifications, exams, and tests in England. Their purpose is to regulate […]

Earlier this year we opened our annual Special Recognition Awards (SRAs) for individuals who had a major impact on the contribution to education and training of Dental Nurses.  We would like to take this opportunity to recognise two worthy recipients of NEBDN’s Special Recognition Awards for 2022. These awards are allocated across three categories: – Contribution […]

NEBDN appoints new Chair of Trustees and says goodbye to two long-serving members. NEBDN appointed a new Chair of the Board of Trustees at its recent Annual General Meeting in October 2022. James Ashworth-Holland was appointed as Chair, taking over from Sarah Young who has served as Chair from 2020 to 2022. James Ashworth-Holland is […]

Nascot Dental Team Trainings Head Tutor Verne Rice has been NEBDN Qualified 30 Years and talks about her Dental Career  I can’t quite believe I have now been qualified 30 years, after passing my NEBDN qualification in November 1992. My clinical career as a Dental Nurse started in summer 1989.  I have since this time […]

We are pleased to share some of the exciting developments we have made over the last few months, and to confirm some decisions that have been made for future exams.    Firstly, it has been agreed that in addition to continuing to deliver our written examinations online through MaxExam, we will continue to deliver our OSCE examinations in an online format! This will be reviewed […]

Earlier this year we opened our annual Special Recognition Awards (SRAs) for individuals who had a major impact on the contribution to education and training of Dental Nurses.  We would like to take this opportunity to recognise two worthy recipients of NEBDN’s Special Recognition Awards for 2021. These awards are allocated across two categories: – Contribution […]

NEBDN has been working tirelessly over the last few months to produce a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system named TheHub, for Centres to use as a central access point to enter and submit learner details. TheHub was transitioned over four phases and last week marked the final phase taking place, the launch! The CRM system […]

Do you know someone who has made a major impact on the ▪ Contribution to Dental Nursing developments ▪ Contribution to Dental Nursing education and training ▪ Contribution to general operations and development of NEBDN If you do, then please join us in nominating someone for a Special Recognition Award! What is a Special Recognition […]

Introduction There are currently 61,879 registered dental nurses according to the latest General Dental Council’s (GDC) figures. As Dental Care Professionals (DCP), they play a vital role in the delivery of care for patients, and often take on more advanced clinical and non-clinical responsibilities in addition to their main duties. As a result of the […]