Further to the Dental Team's email sent out on the 16 April, we are now able to confirm that a number of the Urgent Dental Care hubs have a limited supply of PPE that will enable them to provide treatment for the most urgent patients.  Generally patients that are shielded or at increased risk of severe illness will be treated in hubs run by our Community Dental Services with … [Read more...]

Further to our email of 9 April 2020 below, The Dental Team have been asked to circulate an updated copy of redeployment of the clinical dental workforce.  Please share this with your staff and performers.  Any dental team member wishing to support the NHS can register their interest via survey link on the NHS England and NHS Improvement website: … [Read more...]

Please see below the link for the new CDO 4th preparedness letter for Primary Care: CDO (England) Publishes 4th Preparedness Letter for Primary Care … [Read more...]

Please follow the link below for the updated COVID-19 Guidance and Operating Procedure documentation: COVID-19 Guidance and Standard Operating Procedure … [Read more...]

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...]