On 20 May 2020, the Chief Dental Officer of Scotland issued a letter that described a phased approach to the remobilisation of dental services after closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Phase 2 of this approach is concerned with the restarting of dental practices.
SDCEP has developed a 'Practice Recovery Toolkit' to provide advice and implementation tools to support primary care dental practices. Currently, this resource specifically concerns Phase 2 of remobilisation.
The Practice Recovery Toolkit comprises:
- resuming dental services guide
- patient COVID-19 screening questions (also in Appendix 1 of the guide)
- patient management flowchart (also in Appendix 2 of the guide)
- aerosol generating procedures (also in Appendix 3 of the guide)
- template notice for practice entrances (also in Appendix 4 of the guide)
- practice reopening checklist
The Practice Recovery Toolkit is now available on the SDCEP website.
This is a 'living resource' which may be amended after publication to incorporate minor improvements following in-use feedback from the profession, as new information becomes available or as circumstances evolve in the weeks ahead.
Note that the Practice Recovery Toolkit resources are subject to change as new information becomes available. Therefore, please ensure that you are viewing the most recent versions by referring to the SDCEP website.
We trust that you find the Practice Recovery Toolkit helpful in moving forward.