Obtaining a VT Number
All dentists who are going to join a Health Board dental list need to have a VT number
This means that any dentist who has joined a Health Board dental list since 1st October 1993, as either a Principal or an Associate, should have a VT number. If a dentist takes early retirement, he/she is required to leave the dental list for one month. Before he/she can return to the dental list, he/she will need to have obtained a VT number.
If a dentist ends his/her contract, and then wishes to rejoin the dental list of another Health Board, he/she needs to have a VT number before doing so.
Full information on applying for a Vocational Training number and on applying for a Vocational Training number via equivalence:
- Making an on-line application for a Dental Vocational
Training (VT) Number - Applying for Equivalence
- Checklist for Equivalence Applications
- GP21C form (Equivalence applications only)
- Structured Reference Form (Equivalence applications only)
Who does not need a vocational training number?
Dentists who are going to be Vocational Trainees or Assistants do not need to apply for a VT number however they are required to be on a Health Board's list before they can assist in the provision of NHS General Dental Services.
If a dentist has a current contract with a Health Board and then takes on additional contracts within the same Health Board he/she does not require a VT number. Likewise, if he/she completes a contract one day and starts a new contract the next day with the same Health Board he/she does not require a VT number.
PLEASE NOTE - if there is a break from being included on the same Health Board's dental list, which is longer than a weekend, the dentist requires a vocational training number before he/she can rejoin.
Contact
For further information please contact -
The Dental Vocational Training Secretariat
NHS Education for Scotland
Floor 2, Westport 102
West Port
Edinburgh, EH3 9DN
