The preparations to open the Urgent Dental Care Centres/Hubs (UDCCs) has progressed to the point of having the NHS England South Region Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in its final drafted form ready for sign off this week. The LDC is aware that one of the GDS sites will be up and running on the 9th April in Winchester. Thirty five sites have been identified across the SE … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2020
URGENT Please fill in “Support to COVID-19 UDCs – Dental Workforce Survey – NHS England / Improvement South East”
As part of the NHS E/I response to the COVID-19 crisis and the maintenance of essential medical services, The Dental Team are writing to you for information on your practice workforce as they plan the setting up of Urgent Dental Care Hubs in the South East of England. A link to the survey is below. As you will be aware from the CDO correspondence last week all practices … [Read more...]
Urgent Dental Care Hubs – NHS England and NHS Improvement South-East
Further to the NHS England and NHS Improvement South East Issue 3 Preparedness letter of 25 March 2020 this is to update in terms of actions being taken to implement the guidance. The Dental Team appreciate Issue 3 raised lots of questions that they have been unable to answer, however, further guidance is to be issued this week that is expected to answer many of your questions … [Read more...]
Redeploying the Clinical Dental Workforce to Support the NHS Clinical Delivery Plan for COVID-19
Please see below the latest NHS England Redeployment document: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/20200407-1413-Redeploying-the-clinical-dental-workforce-080420-.pdf … [Read more...]
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT LDC COVID-19 UPDATE 07.04.20
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT LDC COVID-19 UPDATE 07.04.20 The preparations to open the Urgent Dental Care Centres/Hubs (UDCCs) has progressed to the point of having the NHS England South Region Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in its final drafted form ready for sign off this week. The LDC is hopeful that one of the GDS sites will be up and running this week. Thirty five … [Read more...]