NHS England Wessex and Thames Valley regions are procuring a Dental Electronic Referral System (DERS).  The procurement is currently live and the aim to be in a position to award the contract in October 2019.  The DERS will then be implemented (which is anticipated to take 3 – 4 months) so the system will go live in February 2020. How Will DERS work? The referrer will … [Read more...]

Please see below the most recent Minor Oral Surgery Waiting Times for July 2019: Minor Oral Surgery Waiting Times July 2019 … [Read more...]

Please see below the Dental Contract Reform Newsletter: Dental Contract Reform Newsletter What is Dental Contract Reform? If you would like to know more information about Dental Contract Reform please follow the link below: Dental Contract Reform   … [Read more...]

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) published it's findings of an in-depth review on the state of oral health care in care homes across England. The review draws on one hundred inspections of care homes on which CQC inspectors were accompanied by inspectors from dental regulation. It reveals that three years on from the publication of NICE guidance on oral health in care … [Read more...]

Further to a review of data submitted by Heales Medical, the company commissioned by NHS England to provide primary care occupational health services, NHS England have identified that there have been a very high amount of needlestick/sharps incidents within dental practices, some of which appear to be recurring from the same practice/s. Every time a needlestick episode is … [Read more...]