PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus: Dental Services (19 March 2020)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Sir Alan Campbell (Labour)
Answer
NHS England has issued a series of guidance notes setting out expectations for primary care dentistry to minimise spread of disease and protect dentists and patients during the current pandemic. The advice includes radically reducing the number of routine check-ups and agreeing local arrangements to consolidate, where necessary, the provision of any essential, routine National Health Service work that cannot be delayed and urgent dental problems. The full series of guidance notes is available at:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/dental-practice/
The latest guidance was issued on 15 April 2020. This included the fourth dental preparedness letter as well as guidance on standard operating procedures:
Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
5 May 2020
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