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NHS Sussex ICB Urgent Dental Care and Stabilisation Pilot Part 2 - Do sessional programmes work?

BDJ In Practice volume 37, pages 423–427 (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

In the first part1 we discussed NHS Sussex ICB's prioritisation of improving access to urgent dentalcare based on clear population health needs expressed in NHS111 data, the strong engagement with stakeholders, and the co-design of the programme to bridge the gap in commissioning reducing the impact on health and wider health services.

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  1. 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 2024; 37: 380-382.

  2. NHS Digital. NHS Dental Statistics for England, 2022-23, Annual Report. Available online at: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-dental-statistics/2022-23-annual-report# (accessed August 2024).

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

    Simon Hearnshaw

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

    Charlotte Keeble

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

    Claire Robinson

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

    Michael Duncan

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

    Grant Burnip

  6. Service Improvement Manager, NHS Business Services Authority, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

    Wayne Alexander

  7. Dental Transformation Manager, NHS Sussex, Lewes, United Kingdom

    Monica Cox

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

    Adrian Moore

  9. Regional Postgraduate Dental Dean NHSEWTE London, Kent, Surrey & Sussex, London, 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 2 - Do sessional programmes work?. BDJ In Pract 37, 423–427 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-024-2919-z

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