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BDA signs anti-fraud agreement
The British Dental Associa- tion in Scotland has signed an anti-fraud charter in an effort to stamp out illegal activity in NHS dentistry.
The association, along with NHS Scotland Counter Fraud Services (CFS), has put its name to the charter that aims to encourage a working partnership between CFS and dental professionals and promote a counter fraud culture in the delivery of dental services.
The document will also work to enhance perceptions and attitudes towards combating fraud, as well as promoting ethical conduct.
The charter will see the BDA and CFS working together to meet a number of commit- ments, including: revising poli- cies, procedures and systems to minimise any fraud risk; establishing arrangements to maximise transparency and minimise conflicts of interest; and clarifying the crucial distinction between deliberate fraud and unintentional error, removing wherever possible any confusion or ambiguity.
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Improving quality in healthcare conference
Edinburgh. Event focuses on the translation of knowledge into practice
International experts on healthcare knowledge transla- tion, implementation science and evidence synthesis came together in Edinburgh for a major conference. ‘Improving Quality in
Healthcare: Translating Evidence into Practice’ has been organised by the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) TRiaDS Unit and the Health Services Research Unit, part of the University of Aber- deen. The keynote address was given by Minister for Public Health Michael Matheson MSP. Professor Jan Clarkson,
director of the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme, explained: “A consistent finding in health services research is that translating research findings into practice is unpredict- able and can be a slow and haphazard process. “The conference was a
wonderful opportunity to gather together experts in the
field of knowledge translation to help ensure we help deliver the NHS Scotland Health- care Quality commitment to implementing evidence- based practice to ensure patients gain the maximum benefit from receiving the most appropriate care at the right time.” During the past 15 years,
there has been increased interest in the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of research findings into routine clinical practice. It has been demon- strated that knowledge translation interventions are more likely to be effective if they are informed by an assessment of likely barriers and enablers. However, there is limited understanding of the impact, and how best to address potential barriers and enablers. The challenge for
researchers is to move beyond single studies and develop and evaluate a theory based framework to support the choice, development, content, delivery and evalu- ation of knowledge transfer interventions. TRiaDS (Translation
Research in a Dental Setting) is a collaborative, multi-disci-
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plinary research programme established in 2008. It is funded through the Scot- tish Government and NES to develop a programme of knowledge translation research embedded within the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) guidance develop- ment process. TRiaDS has public,
academic, policy, service and professional members, including external national and international leaders in the area of knowledge trans- lation science and provides a research laboratory for the provision and exchange of evidence-based informa- tion between TRiaDS, dental healthcare professionals, educators and policy makers on how best to translate service and educational initiatives into routine clinical practice. Although based in primary
dental care in Scotland and centred on clinical guid- ance for dentistry, TRiaDS has developed an inno- vative generalisable, evaluative knowledge trans- lation framework that is readily transferable across national and international jurisdictions and professional disciplines.
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