Grants and Allowances for Salaried General Dental Practitioners
These grants and allowances have been introduced in consultation with the Scottish Joint Negotiating Forum.
NEW AND RETURNING PRACTITIONERS
A "Golden Hello" allowance of £10,000 over two years for salaried dentists being employed by an NHSB within three months of completion of training. If this is in a designated area* the allowance is doubled to £20,000 over two years (Part IV of Determination II).
An allowance of £5,000 over two years for dentists being employed by an NHSB for the first time as a salaried dentist. If this is in a designated area* the allowance is doubled to £10,000 over two years (Part IV of Determination II).
REMOTE PRACTITIONERS
Remote Areas Allowance - a payment of £4,500 per year payable on the date of commencement of employment as a remote salaried dentist on or after 1 April 2005 increasing to £9,000 per year after the dentist has been so employed for a continuous period of 3 years. Remote salaried dentists employed before 1 April 2005 will have their previous service taken into account when determining the level of allowance payable. This allowance shall be paid by NHSBs monthly in arrears in 12 equal instalments (Part VI of Determination II).
VOCATIONAL TRAINERS
Trainers Allowance - An allowance of £3,500 per year payable to salaried dentists who are trainers - not payable to senior or specialist salaried dentists. The amount of allowance to be paid where a salaried dentist acts as a trainer otherwise than full time shall be a pro-rata sum calculated on the basis of a whole time week of 37 hours. The allowance shall be paid by NHSBs monthly in arrears in 12 equal instalments (Part VII of Determination II).
OUT OF HOURS
Out of Hours Allowance - £4,600 with effect from 1 April 2005 payable to a salaried dentist who is required to provide out of hours emergency dental services as a single handed practitioner.
The amount paid to a salaried dentist who takes part in an out of hours rota will be based on the intensity of the out of hours commitment undertaken in a quarter.
£900 per quarter - High intensity, £600 per quarter - Medium intensity and £300 per quarter - Low Intensity (As defined in Part V of Determination II).
DEPRIVED AREAS ALLOWANCE
payable to a salaried dentist who is employed by a NHSB to provide general dental services in a deprived area defined as SIMD 5 or DEPCAT 7.(Part VIII of Determination II)
For 2006/07, up to £9,000 per eligible salaried dentist was payable.
Information about payments for 2007/08 onwards will be issued in due course.
Information about these grants and allowances can be found in the SDR Determinations and circulars. Any further enquiries should be made to the local NHS Board unless an alternative is stated above.