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The National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) celebrated its 80th anniversary last week at The Villa, Wrea Green, Preston. The location was selected as tribute to where the charity first founded, meeting in the middle of the old and current office. The black-tie celebration evening consisted of a presentation and awards ceremony, dinner, and […]

For the first time ever, The National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) offers an Apprenticeship to Providers alongside an End-Point Assessment (EPA) for Employers! This exciting launch follows on from the Lancashire based Charity receiving Ofqual recognition earlier this year.   Joining a list of over 178 Ofqual recognised institutions, NEBDN sits on the register […]

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 […]