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The Office of the Chief Dental Officer England, NHS England & NHS Improvement team have today released a document - Dental Transition to Recovery SOP.

As we come to the end of May, I am feeling more hopeful about the present situation, as the Government statistics relating to new infections appear to be heading in the right direction. It is encouraging that this pandemic seems to be on the decline and I continue to be grateful for the fantastic job done by the NHS staff and key workers.

Please find below a link to a letter, dated 28th May 2020, from Chief Dental Officer England, Sara Hurley, and Director of Primary Care and System Transformation, Matt Neligan, regarding the resumption of dental services in England.

We have copied below the latest communication from the Chief Dental Officer England:

1. What is your position in the BSP and what does this role involve?I am the Education and Events Manager for BSP. My role is split into two main categories: planning and organising the Annual Conference with the President for that year, and organising the educational webinar programme. I have other ad hoc tasks to perform, such as organising the 70th Anniversary of BSP, attending non-BSP meetings e.g. the BSDHT Oral Health Conference and The British Dental Conference & Dentistry Show, and admin tasks such as monthly banking.

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. Please find here a link to this document, which may be of interest to some of our members: http://www.sdcep.org.uk/published-guidance/covid-19-practice-recovery/

We would like to invite you to participate in a research project, being carried out by a team of behavioural scientists and periodontists at King’s College London, and complete a short survey.

More than 40 countries joined forces today to celebrate Gum Health Day 2020 – from Europe, the Americas,Africa, Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the interruption of dental services across the world. Attention is now focused on planning the re-opening and restructuring of dental services. To support decision making a working group, led by Professors Jan Clarkson and Craig Ramsay, conducted a rapid review of internationally produced guidance for re-opening dental services.