Welcome to the Shared Learning, Good Practice and Case Studies home page for dentistry. If you have any comments on any of the documents here, or would like to share some work you are doing with our wider audience, please get in touch with us. Please click on one of the topic areas in the list below, or continue to scroll down the page:
Referrals
Referral Guidelines Booklet - East Dorset Oral Health Advisory Group has produced a referral guidelines booklet, advising primary care dentists on referral services and criteria within the locality. This may be adapted by other PCTs for use locally.
A number of templates involved in the tendering and procurement of dental services are available for download(from North Cumbria) including:
Download (compressed zip folder) the tendering and procurement file
Download a tendering and procurement case study.
Practice visit checklist
Download an example practice visit checklist The checklist is designed to help you ensure that you have covered off the necessary activities when meeting with dentists to agree contracts. (From Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Primary Care Support Agency)
Dental Helpline Case Study
This case study describes an approach to co-ordinating a dental helpline for the public in order to stabilise access to NHS dental services. The case study is accompanied by a project GANTT chart, audit pro forma and data graph. Download the Dental Helpline Case Study (compressed Zip file). (From Central Cheshire PCT)
Dental Nurse Training Case Study
This case study describes an approach to managing the training of dental nurses in anticipation of the new requirements for registration with the GDC. Download the Dental Nurse Training Case Study (From Central Cheshire PCT)
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