Unsuitable NHS Dental Contract

6 items 1 source

The existing NHS dental contract is no longer fit for purpose, requiring fundamental reform.

Unsuitable NHS Dental Contract has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:

6 PFD reports

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

Concerns: Insufficient Tier 4 Paediatric Mental Health beds lead to long waits, resulting in children with mental health needs being inappropriately held on acute paediatric wards unsuitable for their care.

Response: NHS England has funded the recruitment of additional mental health nurses for paediatric wards and emergency departments at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. They are also engaged in multidisciplinary …

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: Significant backlogs are delaying patient appointments, and the absence of a national protocol for dentists to include photographs with referrals hinders triage accuracy, risking urgent cases being missed.

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: Persistent staff shortages led to patients being kept overnight in unsuitable clinical areas, with the Trust failing to address reported staffing issues or implement requested increases.