General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993

Regulation 3 Schedule 2, paragraph 32

SCHEDULE 6 Information to be included in patient information leaflets

1.  The following personal and professional details of the dentist—

(a) Name.

(b) Sex.

(c) Date of registration as a dental practitioner in the register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act and details of dental qualifications registrable under that Act.

2.  The following additional information about the provision of general dental services at practice premises—

(a) The addresses of all the practice premises and, where he provides general dental services at a mobile surgery only, the address to which correspondence may be sent.

(b) Particulars of the days and hours when the dentist is or will be usually in attendance at the practice premises, and in the case of any mobile surgery, particulars of the places visited regularly by him and the times of those visits.

(c) The names of all dentists at the practice premises including partners, associates and assistants and details of them as specified in paragraph 1.

(d) Whether a dental hygienist is employed at the practice premises.

(e) Whether there is access to the dental surgery without the use of stairs.

(f) Whether the practice premises (including the dental surgery and toilets) are accessible to wheelchairs.

(g) Whether the dentist or any person referred to in sub-paragraph (c) provides only orthodontic treatment.

(h) Provided the dentist consents to their inclusion, details of any languages, other than English, spoken by the dentist.