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Lincolnshire LDC Update
For those who attended last Thursday’s lecture, thank you for coming, especially if you travelled a distance and we hope you enjoyed the evening. The lecture was thought provoking and timely on how oral health and general health should be integrated. The feedback was the best the LDC has ever received. Thank you. Here are some of the comments:
“Thank you to you and all the LDC for organising. It was the most relevant lecture I have attended in the last 10 years. Really inspired me when I was getting disillusioned with dentistry."
"Thank you, I'm already thinking of how I'm going to add all the information into my appointments for my patients. Some really good facts and figures that can plant seeds for behaviour change. 🪥 🦷❤️."
"It was inspiring and reinforced the prevention message especially from such a credible source. I’m sure in years to come there will be further consolidation between oral and general health. My nurse and I immediately put it into practice and have discussed it with many patients yesterday. Hopefully, there will be behaviour change and more money pumped into NHS dentistry."
"It’s good to see the mouth being put back with the rest of the body and it needed someone like Graham to help bring this about. It would have been a brilliant lecture for the medical students at Lincoln Medical School. It will have stimulated a lot of the dentists and DCPs to think very differently about perio. and its importance.”
There can be benefits with Zoom and Teams, but it’s good to have face to face meetings which give us an opportunity to meet up in person and network with colleagues. The challenge after Thursday’s presentation is that next year’s has to be equal or better!
CONTACT EMAILS
As an LDC, we realise the value of effective communication. Please ensure your contact details are up to date, and if you know of colleagues who are missing out on our communications, then please ask them to contact Sharon at lincsldc@gmail.com
Security is becoming more of an issue, and we would therefore recommend you also have your own nhs.net email address.
POST GRADUATE COURSES
Jennie Ross , is our Associate Post Graduate Dean ( jennie.ross2@nhs.net) and if you are interested in any of our courses (Flyers were handed out at Thursday’s lecture) please contact Jennie and she will send the booking information when it is available. She can signpost people to registering on the PGVLE to keep up to date with course availability.
Some feedback from the recent Fluoride course held in Lincoln.
“I have furthered my knowledge and skill set which will improve my job satisfaction”.
“This course has also encouraged me to have more confidence in supporting my clinician in clinic, giving care to our patients, working with carers, to give the best preventative care possible.”
“Meeting people from other practices and sharing experiences”.
In terms of upcoming courses, enclosed is the programme from NHS England WT&E, for Lincoln The booking link for the 14TH June is enclosed.
14th June – Portfolio Careers in NHS Dentistry
21st June – The Magic Dentist in Schools (upskilling dental nurses to deliver training in schools) For this course, please email sara.elston1@nhs.net who will notify you when booking is available.
12th Nov – Supporting International Dental Graduates
Jan 23rd 2025 – topic to be decided
These are all taking place at Lincoln County Hospital.
The link to register on the PGVLE is https://forms.office.com/e/4cmBzfd9p0
Here is a new QR code
The following webinars are also available:
Date
Title Target Audience Duration Delivery
22.04.2024 Minor Oral Surgery Dental Nursing Programme (x6 three hour sessions)
Nurses 18 hours Online
24.04.2024 Paeds Tier 2 Peer Review
Dentists 1 hour Online
01.05.2024 Putting the mouth back in the body – childrens’ food allergies, what does a dentist need to know
Dental Team 1 hour Online
04.06.24 Delivering Better Oral Health
Team 1 day Online
17.07.24 Paediatric Tier 2 Peer Support Group
Dentist 1 hour Online
23.08.24 NHS Rules & Regulations
Dentist 1 day Online
09.09.24 Paediatric Dental Nurse Training Programme - Cohort 2 (6 x 3hr session)
Dental Nurse 18 hrs Online
23.10.24 Aesthetics in Paediatric Dentistry - management of tooth discolouration in children
Dentist & Therapist 2 hours Online
23.10.24 Paediatric Tier 2 Peer Support Group
Dentist 1 hour Online
05.11.24 Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer
Team 2 hours Online
06.11.24 Mental Health Awareness Team 2 hours Online
07.11.24 Special Care Dentistry- Special Interest Group Team 3 hours Online
09.11.24 Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist Study Mornng - Medical Complications & Pharmacology Hygienist & Therapist 2 hours Online
15.11.24 & 18.11.24 ILM Leadership and Management in Dental Decontamination
Decontamination Lead 2 days Online
There are also face to face sessions in East Midlands which are accessible from those from Lincolnshire.
16.05.24, 23.5.24, 11.06.24, 18.6.24, 20.06.24, 17.09.24 Periodontics level 1 Clinical Skills Consolidation Dentists
13.05.24, 24.05.24, 18.06.2024 Effective Conversations - Using a coaching and Mentoring approach - 3 Day Programme
Team
There is an online platform where our training is listed, as well as some “instant access” CPD for people to do their own time. In order to access it you must register for access using this form.
FLUORIDATION and PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION CONSULTATION
It is important that your voice is heard …
Here are the links.
Closes 17th June
Closes 16TH May
Neither are time consuming to complete.
Mythbusters
To clarify the sometimes-inaccurate information we hear, often with respect to the care of the elderly in care homes, please right click the following CQC hyper link.
This is a very useful link covering many aspects of dentistry. For an examination, oral health assessment or providing dentures, dental teams would not be expected to take the full range of resuscitation equipment on a home visit. This is in line with other health care professionals such as GPs. What equipment is taken depends on the risks identified in the risk assessment. It would be expected that the practitioner takes appropriate emergency drugs when undertaking domiciliary visits. (Dental MythBuster 24)
And Finally,
There is so much work going on behind the scenes. A Joint Needs Assessment for Lincolnshire has been finalised and we await its publication. The outcome of this will have a bearing on the direction of travel of dental services in our area.
A Project Officer, Susie McPherson, has been appointed for our Centre of Dental Development and we will shortly visit the first operational CDD in England in Ipswich.
Skill mix is still somewhat problematic and although positive noises are forthcoming, issues remain with the PGD. We are assured that exemptions are about to be lifted. See link below :
The Government response to the Human medicines regulation exemption consultation has now been officially published and can be accessed here: ( right click to open the hyper link)https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fuse-of-exemptions-by-dental-hygienists-and-dental-therapists%2Foutcome%2Fproposal-to-enable-dental-hygienists-and-dental-therapists-to-supply-and-administer-specific-medicines-under-exemptions-consultation-response&data=05%7C02%7Ckenneth.hume%40nhs.net%7C953322fc82b34c5532cd08dc572ee591%7C37c354b285b047f5b22207b48d774ee3%7C0%7C0%7C638481106119708842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2kRGa5tUfcbw7EnZxY1hmeiLYTRTH7XFUGeweizso%2FA%3D&reserved=0
A lot of important information relating to Lincolnshire this month ….. sorry for all the links!
Best wishes
Kenny Hume Chair Lincolnshire LDC
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