09/06/22 Latest UPDATES on National infection prevention and control.Please see National IPC Manual HERE and Glossary of terms
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01/06/22
Dental framework – Supporting Guidance for Primary and Community Care Dental Settings.
New guidance from
NHSE
on how practices should now be delivering care and a dental framework has been designed to support practices on how practices should now be delivering care.
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25/05/22 Monkeypox
In response to the monkeypox outbreak ,NHSEI Midlands Region provided this Guidance -please see document
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05/04/22 Dental services year end arrangements and 2022/23
This letter
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outlines arrangements for 2022/23 and sets out a further step taken by NHSE to support practices following the review of performance data which was undertaken during Q4.
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22/12/21
NHSE has published new targets for Q4. The new targets are:
-85% for general dental services
-90% for orthodontics
Overactivity in previous quarters cannot be carried forwards and offset against these new targets.
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30/09/21
NEW UDA AND UOA TARGETS
NHSE has set out the targets for the next 3 month period (1st October to 31st December). The new targets are:
-65% for General Dental Services
-85% for orthodontics
The rate of clawback will then reduce linearly down to a lower threshold of 52% of UDAs and 60% of UOAs. Below these levels, normal clawback will apply.From Q3 the abatement rate will reduce from 16.75% to 12.75% for general dental contract holders.see Letter
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30/09/21 Receiving a COVID-19 booster jab
Booster vaccine doses will be available on the NHS for people most at risk from COVID-19 who have had a 2nd dose of a vaccine at least 6 months ago.
Most people will be invited to book an appointment at a larger vaccination centre, pharmacy, or local NHS service such as a GP surgery., however frontline health care workers, including dental staff can book a booster dose appointment online HERE
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30/09/2021 NHSE
has announced that for the first time all NHS dental practitioners and frontline practice staff will be eligible to receive the flu vaccine.
Eligible clinical and non-clinical frontline patient-facing NHS primary dental contractors and their frontline staff may visit a general practice or a community pharmacy to be vaccinated. Any non-clinical staff not directly involved with the provision of patient-facing NHS services on a day-to-day basis (for example cleaners, back-office administrative staff, counter staff) are not eligible for vaccination under this scheme.see letter HERE
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4/6/21 Latest
Update
from Sara Hurley, Chief Dental Officer England on NHS Dentistry and Oral Health -see update HERE
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1/4/21 New UDA & UOA
targets commenced on 1st April and will last for 6 months.
These are:-
60%
activity for UDAs – an increase of 15%
80%
for UOAs – an increase of 10%
To calculate your exact target divide your contracted annual UDA/UOA amount by 2 and then multiply by 60%. This will provide the total target for the next 6 months. Practices that achieve this target before 30th September 2021 will be deemed to have achieved 100% of their contracted UDAs/UOAs and will not be subject to clawback for this period.
The rate of clawback will then reduce linearly down to the existing lower threshold of 36% of the UDAs and 56% of the UOAs. Below these levels, normal clawback will apply. The payment for activity not delivered, exempt from clawback by these arrangements, will continue to be adjusted by 16.75% to take account of variable costs not incurred.
A 16.75% abatement will be applied to those contractual UDAs/UOAs not undertaken. For instance, if you achieve the 60% UDA target exactly the abatement will be applied to 40% of your contractual value for this period but if you achieve 65% the abatement will only be applied on 35% of the contractual value. A similar calculation applies to UOAs, with abatement being applied to 20% of your contractual value for the period should you achieve the 80% target exactly.
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29/03/21 SNOMED CT
(Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms) is an international clinical coded language to standardise the codes attached to each medical/dental/clinical procedure so that all systems can become interoperable.
The government has announced that implementation of the SNOMED coding system is being postponed from 1st April
to after 31st August.
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13/2/21 NHSE letter re Q4
In a letter sent to practice’s last week NHSE provided clarification about issues related to the CDO’s 7th letter of preparedness and NHS contractual arrangements during Q4.
NHSE have published four webinars which will help you to understand the Issue 7 Preparedness Letter
and supporting guidance for dental contract management arrangements for the 2020/21 year-end reconciliation.
The webinars cover:
· Webinar 1- Time periods 1 and 2
· Webinar 2- Time period 3 (UDA contracts)
· Webinar 3- Time Period 3 (UOA contracts)
· Webinar 4- Time Period 3 (Other contract types)
PCC has also made text transcripts of the webinars available.
See Issue 7 Preparedness Letter
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7/1/21 VACCINE ACCESS
The CDO has confirmed dental teams supporting the NHS, those working in private or mixed practices will all be entitled to a vaccine, this includes specialist practices and clinical dental technicians registered with the CQC.
NHS England has also confirmed that all dentists, teams and support staff – in both NHS and private settings – will receive priority access to the COVID vaccine.see letter
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31/12/20
COVID vaccine rollout
BDA have repeatedly sought reassurance about prioritisation for dentistry, with NHS England, the Office of the CDO and separately across the devolved nations. NHS England has confirmed initial priority for those aged 80 and over, together with care home staff and residents. Frontline health and social care staff are included in the next priority group. BDA has been told consistently that dentists and their teams, both in the NHS and in the private sector, are included in that group.For live
BDA
updates please click
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31/12/20 Starting 31st December,
Northants moves into Tier4 -following restrictions apply-see
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29/12/20 If you have not received the
letter for ordering the lateral flow antigen testing kit,go directly to the PCSE website,
https://pcse.england.nhs.uk/
which you normally use to order NHS stationary it is possible to order the tests without having first received the letter.
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22/12/20 The CDO has published
Preparedness Letter Issue 7
with new targets being introduced from 1st January 2021. The
Letter
confirms that the UDA target for the fourth quarter will be 45% of the quarters normal contracted UDAs i.e. 45% of their 1/4 annual target. For orthodontic practices the target will be 70% of the quarter’s normally contracted UOAs
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16/12/20 NHSE
is planning to reimburse dental practices for additional PPE purchased during the pandemic.See the published guidance
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16/12/20 The
NHS
is sending a letter to all dental practices with information on how to order and receive deliveries of lateral flow antigen testing kits for staff. You should receive an invitation to order lateral flow testing devices directly from Primary Care Services England (PCSE), who will be managing the ordering and delivery process. Following receipt of an invitation, you should log on and complete the order as quickly as possible. The final closing date for orders across all contractors will be Wednesday 30 December. Practices should already have access to the PCSE online portal, which is normally used to order secure stationery and supplies such as prescription pads.see publication
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05/11/20 Starting Thursday 5th November England has moved back into
lockdown
until 2nd December 2020.
NHS England, the CDO and BDA have all confirmed that dental practices should remain open during the new national lockdown.Practices should continue to operate within the parameters of the Standard Operating Procedure
attached
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27/10/20 NHS England has issued
the latest
version of the
Standard Operating Procedure
for dentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Review into COVID-19 and aerosol-generating procedures, incorporating the COVID-19: infection prevention and control dental appendix.
Changes are highlighted in yellow with the document HERE
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27/08/20 Healthcare providers can order additional personal protective equipment (PPE) through the
PPE PORTAL
to top up their existing supplies for COVID-19 in an emergency.See guidance on the portal page.
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