Indemnity for redeployment
Joint letter from the Department for Health and Social Care, NHS Resolution, and NHS England and NHS Improvement: clinical negligence indemnity in response to coronavirus. C0186-Tripartite_Indemnity_letter-003Download
Redeploying Dental Workforce Framework
C0143_-Deploying-the-clinical-dental-workforce_COVID-19_4-April.pdfDownload
CDO Webinar 3rd April 2020
LDC Confederation recording: Chief Dental Officer – NHS dental services webinar 03 April 2020
Financial support for mixed practices
From the BDA: Following ongoing dialogue with NHS England, we now understand that the application of the principles, outlined in their preparedness letter of 25 March 2020, for practices benefitting from continued NHS funding, are intended to apply to NHS income only. Contract holders wishing to claim against additional Government support schemes should ensure that […]
Open Letter to NHSE C&M
The LDC’s of Cheshire and Merseyside have continuously requested to meet with NHSE C&M to coordinate support from GDP’s in establishing local urgent centres. Following repeated cancellations of arranged video conferences, the LDC’s of Cheshire and Merseyside have written a letter voicing our collective concerns to the dental commissioners at NHS England. Should any practice […]
Risk Assessment
The BDA has launched a risk assessment for managing patients at this time pulling together a variety of advice. It is available below: https://www.bda.org/advice/ba/Documents/risk_assessments_covid19.pdf The BDA are also launching a payment dispute service of associates are concerned they are not being paid appropriately during the force majeur measures.
SCDEP Guidance
Practitioners may find the SCDEP guidance on managing patients useful during the current situation. http://www.sdcep.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SDCEP-MADP-COVID-19-guide-300320.pdf We have had contact with the Area Team this morning via our single point of contact. Still no information on urgent care centres. This is being worked on.
COVID-19 Updates Launched
Liverpool LDC have put together this website to keep local dentists up to date on what is happening currently. Please ask a question if you would like any further information or check back here regularly. We are currently awaiting a meeting (video) with NHS England to discuss the local situation. We are pressing for this […]
Little Red Flags
Can you see the warning signs trouble is ahead?
What is PAG?
Performance Advisory Group For many colleagues the first they hear of PAG is when they’ve been referred to it. It is a faceless acronym we have no knowledge of during our normal work. There are many reasons you can be referred to the Performance Advisory Group: GDC investigation BSA audit report CQC inspection Patient or […]