Please see below the latest Urgent Dental Care Letter from the CDO, Sara Hurley outling the resumption of dental services in England: Urgent dental care letter 28.05.20 … [Read more...]
NHS England South Region Standard Operating Procedure for Urgent Dental Care Hubs (UDCH) during the COVID-19 Pandemic Version 3 (SOP)
Please see below the updated standard operating procedures (SOP) for the South East region version 3: NHSEI SE Urgent Dental Care Hubs combined SOP Version 3 … [Read more...]
Hampshire and IOW LDC, Secretary’s Report, COVID-19 Update, 23/05/20
Secretary’s Report 23rd May 2020 COVID-19 Local overview The opening of all the Urgent Dental Care Hubs (UDCHs) across the SE Region is now complete. The management of these UDCHs has progressed to the point of having the NHS England South Region Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) signed off and published (website). The SOP Version 7.2 is a living document which is … [Read more...]
Staff Feedback Hub – Recruiting Dentists
NHS workforce feedback hub – seeking more dentists NHS England and NHS Improvement have opened an online feedback hub so that its leaders can listen and respond to the needs and experiences of the NHS workforce at this unprecedented time. They have already received several important contributions from NHS dentists and are seeking to further boost participation from the … [Read more...]
Guidance on Prevention of Waterbourne Pathogens after Dental Surgery Shutdown for Coronavirus
There is concern that Legionnaire’s disease, which is a respiratory disease which can resemble COVID19, will be missed. Legionella Control Association Management Committee warn that we have set ourselves up for an increase in Legionella growth in buildings by shutting them down and by not using water systems. The two diseases should be treated very differently (one a … [Read more...]
