Centralised dental initiative implementation

7 items 1 source

Centrally planned dental initiatives failing to increase activity or influence local behaviour due to mixed experiences.

Centralised dental initiative implementation has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:

7 PFD reports

This theme has been identified in one data source. As more data is added, cross-references may emerge.

Concerns: The General Dental Council's practice of publishing extensive, detailed allegations on its website for unconcluded cases can cause significant mental health distress to practitioners who are contesting them.

Concerns: Care homes lack routine speech and language therapy assessments for denture changes, leading to unsuitable diets and increased choking risk due to delayed dental services. Furthermore, care homes do not routinely have suction machines for choking emergencies.

Concerns: The Commissioner failed to authorise essential 1:1 care for a patient at high risk of falls, despite it being the only identified method to mitigate her specific risks.

Concerns: Inadequate patient monitoring due to a frail, restless patient being out of sight, combined with an insufficiently sensitive dialysis alarm, delayed detection of a critical bleed.

Concerns: Care centres fail to prioritise dental hygiene and services, leading to potentially worsened conditions and lacking policies for managing missed appointments or identifying dental care needs.

Concerns: An urgent dental referral was sent by slow postal service, and the subsequent maxillofacial appointment was significantly delayed for nearly seven weeks due to cancellation and rescheduling.

Concerns: The GP practice lacked an adequate system to action hospital letters, leading to missed vaccinations. Concerns were also raised about the availability of essential vaccines and GPs' knowledge of how to access them.