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Tuesday 29th November 2011, Guoman Charing Cross Hotel - London, 08:30 - 14:00 (half day)

The Future of NHS Dentistry

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Overview

The 2010 NHS White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS proposed the introduction of a new dentistry contract following a period of consultation and piloting. The new contract will be based around capitation- finding new ways to pay dentists by results, registration- encouraging Dentistry professionals to work with the NHS, and quality- achieving the highest possible standards of dental care. The aim of the new contract will be to improve quality of patient care and increase access to NHS dental services, with an additional focus on improving the oral health of schoolchildren. As a result, and for the first time, dentists will be rewarded for the quality of care they deliver for patients rather than the number of treatments carried out. These reforms form part of the government’s wider plans to modernise the NHS with a focus on improving quality of care and patient outcomes.

In December 2010, the government published the NHS Dental Contract: Proposals For Pilots, outlining its vision for an NHS dental service that will deliver clinically appropriate preventative, routine and complex care for those who require it. The paper also set out proposals to run a series of contract pilots in the summer of 2011, designed to test the three different contract models, fundamentally leading to a reform of the way NHS dentistry will be delivered.

Furthermore, there have been changes to the dentistry regulatory system. All providers of primary dental care services in England that carry out regulated activities must now be registered with the Care Quality Commission.

Agenda

Delegates at this timely forum will be able to hear from the CQC about the changes to the dentistry regulatory system as well as hear the experience from the new dental contract pilots. Delegates will also have the opportunity to share best practice and hear innovate case studies on improving dental access and the oral health of children.

08:30	Coffee and Registration
09:15	Chair’s Welcome Address Professor Peter G Robinson, Professor in Dental Public Health, The University of Sheffield (CONFIRMED)
09:20	Morning Keynote: The Future of Dentistry Regulation A new system of registration for dentistry Adapting to regulatory change Monitoring patient safety through clinical regulation Working in partnership with the General Dental Council to measure safety Guidance to new dental service providers that register with the CQC after 1 April 2011 Demonstrating compliance with the new standards Using the experiences of people who use services to inform a decision about whether a provider meets the essential standards of quality and safety Ian Biggs, Deputy Director (South), Care Quality Commission (CONFIRMED)
09:40	Future of NHS Dentistry: Improving Patient Care Working in partnership with the General Dental Council to measure safety Developing and promoting new tools for identifying and addressing poor performance How can the new dental contract help achieve the highest possible standards of dental care Future of patient safety in dentistry Dr Steve Boyle, Lead Adviser, National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS) (CONFIRMED)
10:00	Case Study: The New Dental Contract – Experiences From a Pilot Implementing the new dental contract Impact on dental professionals and their patients Using the pilots to inform understanding of the needs of individual patients and practice populations Implications for the delivery of care Dr Samantha Thompson, General Dental Practitioner, The Hasland Dental Practice(CONFIRMED)
10:20	Questions and Answers
10:40	Coffee Break and Networking
11:10	Delivering Better Oral Health - Colgate As A Strategic Partner Oral health for life - How can Colgate help you? Adult dental health – caring for ageing dentition Delivering measurable results - from community to care homes Dr Anousheh Alavi BDS MSc FDS RCS(Edin), Colgate Scientific Affairs, UK and Ireland (CONFIRMED)
11:30	Improving The Oral Health of Children Combating the region’s poor record on tooth decay in children Taking forward the Smile4Life programme Focusing on prevention to combat poor oral health and realise efficiencies Working with the councils and local schools to improve the oral health of schoolchildren Eric Rooney BDS MSc DDPH (RCS), Consultant in Dental Public Health, Cumbria and Lancashire PCTs (CONFIRMED)
11:50	Managed Clinical Networks - The Way Forward? Tony Jenner OBE, Former Deputy Chief Dental Officer & Specialist in Dental Public Health (CONFIRMED)
12:10	Management of “Minor Oral Surgery”: Experience Following The Introduction Of The New Contract Pre-contract situation Post-contract situation Rationale behind consideration of IMOS Criteria for IMOS Triage for IMOS Case mix of referrals Proposal for ongoing service Andrew Sidebottom, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nottingham University Hospital & IMOS Service Provider (CONFIRMED)
12:30	Questions and Answers Session
13:00	Lunch and Networking
14:00	Close

*programme subject to change without notice

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Audience

Delegates attending will include dental principals, commissioning managers, clinical director of salaried dental services, dental public health consultants, heads of quality and dental services and will be drawn from PCT's, dental private practices, central government, local authorities, academia and the private sector.