On behalf of the Office of the Chief Dental Officer England, Sara Hurley PHE and the NHS have published the COVID-19: Guidance for the remobilisation of services within health and care settings Infection prevention and control recommendations: COVID-19: Guidance for the remobilisation of services within health and care settings Infection prevention and control … [Read more...]

The COVID-19 supervised toothbrushing guidance is now available on the PHE oral health collections page on gov.uk Please see the link below: COVID-19: Supervised Toothbrushing Programmes The guidance has been widely consulted and reviewed including with consultant medical microbiology, IPC, DFE and schools. The guidance will be circulated to early years and … [Read more...]

Please see below the response to COVID-19 from the Regional Medical Director: Dental Teams Response to Covid 19 … [Read more...]

Please see attached the weblinks below and attached (doc and infographic) the Rapid Review of AGPs in dentistry carried out jointly by a range of organisations. The key messages have been listed below which highlight the range of different measures being adopted for dental practice internationally and the lack of evidence to support the majority of these.  There are variations … [Read more...]

On behalf of Dr Alison Taylor, NHS England and NHS Improvement Medical Director for System Improvement and Professional Standards, Brett Duane and Mark Johnston, Co-chairs of the Kent, Surrey and Sussex LDN; Nick Forster, Chair of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight LDN and Nilesh Patel, Chair of the Thames Valley LDN As you are aware, the attached communication from NHS England … [Read more...]