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NHS Sussex ICB Urgent Dental Care and Stabilisation Pilot Part 1 - A new approach to addressing a critical patient priority

BDJ In Practice volume 37, pages 380–382 (2024)Cite this article

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Simon Hearnshaw,1* Charlotte Keeble,2 Claire Robinson,3 Michael Duncan,4 Grant Burnip,5 Wayne Alexander,6 Monica Cox,7 Adrian Moore8 and Sana Movahedi9

Table 1 Logged calls to Sussex dental helpline and call outcomes October to December 2023
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Training Programme Director NHSE Workforce, Training & Education, United Kingdom

    Simon Hearnshaw

  2. Director of Pharmacy, Optometry and Dentistry Delegated Commissioning NHS Sussex, United Kingdom

    Charlotte Keeble

  3. Senior Manager, Primary Care Programmes (Pharmacy, Optometry & Dentistry), NHS Sussex, United Kingdom

    Claire Robinson

  4. Information Services Manager Dental and Optometry, NHS Business Services Authority, United Kingdom

    Michael Duncan

  5. Service Improvement Lead, NHS Business Services Authority, United Kingdom

    Grant Burnip

  6. Service Improvement Manager, NHS Business Services Authority, United Kingdom

    Wayne Alexander

  7. Dental Transformation Manager, NHS Sussex, United Kingdom

    Monica Cox

  8. Clinical Lead, Chair Sussex Urgent Dental Care Managed Clinical Network, United Kingdom

    Adrian Moore

  9. Regional Postgraduate Dental Dean NHSEWTE London, Kent, Surrey & Sussex, United Kingdom

    Sana Movahedi

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Hearnshaw, S., Keeble, C., Robinson, C. et al. NHS Sussex ICB Urgent Dental Care and Stabilisation Pilot Part 1 - A new approach to addressing a critical patient priority. BDJ In Pract 37, 380–382 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-024-2885-5

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