11 April 2021

Dear All

Norfolk LDC would like to highlight this request by the Managed Clinical Networks for more practitioners in the county to apply for Level 2 Accreditation.   

The more practitioners with this accreditation the better the service available for practitioners and patients.

Rounds of accreditation take place regularly to add to the pool of level 2 competent oral surgeons. Some of you may have applied before and been turned down due to a lack of experiences experience, or incomplete evidence portfolios.   

This new round of accreditation will allow you to re apply if you have gained that additional experience and improved your portfolio. 

Good luck with your application.

Jason Stokes

The application process has been sent through the East of England Primary Care Gateway process, any queries relating to this email should be sent to

england.eastdentallpns@nhs.net

• Dentists have raised concerns about patient safety and Goverment targets for Q4 of this financial year. MP's have debated this in Parliment on the 14 January 2021. https://bda.org/advice/Coronavirus/Pages/in-the-news.aspx

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• Dental practices are encouraged to keep a log of FTA's, Staff shortages and other affecting delivery of service.

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• The window for NHS practices in England to claim for PPE reimbursement starts 18 Jan 2021 and is accessible until 20 February 2021. According to the guidance, no further claims will be accepted after this date. See the NHSBSA doc for more information

• The Urgent Care Centres will continue to function with the ability to carry out limited numbers of AGPs.

• The referral system has changed and is now through the FDS system that we use for Level 2 Oral Surgery. FDS will be triaging the referrals.Please ensure that referrals for AGPs are for teeth which are restorable

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• COVID 19 Vaccine and priority for dental professionals 

• Bame Risk Assessment for NHS staff

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• Fit Testing - Contact Nick Stolls

• BDA live Updates

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