Dental practice and related services

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NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England — (East) (referred to as the Commissioner) would like to inform you of an opportunity to provide Services for Special Care Dentistry for Adults and Children referral Services and Dental Public Health services across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk. The new services are expected to start on 1.10.2019. NHS England — East would like to invite potential Bidders to a Market Engagement Webinar taking place on Tuesday 18.12.2018 at 1:30 p.m — 3:00 p.m. Please register your interest in attending this webinar by 10:00 a.m on Monday 17.12.2018, by following the instructions given in section VI below. Places are strictly limited therefore reservations are limited to no more than 2 persons per organisation. Special Care Dentistry is defined as being “concerned with the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. The speciality focuses on adolescents and adults only and includes the important period of transition as the adolescent moves into adulthood. The speciality was formally recognised by the General Dental Council (GDC) in 2008” (Guides for Commissioning Dental Specialities – Special Care Dentistry, NHSE, September 2015). Special Care Dentistry is defined as being “concerned with the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. The speciality focuses on adolescents and adults only and includes the important period of transition as the adolescent moves into adulthood. The speciality was formally recognised by the General Dental Council (GDC) in 2008” (Guides for Commissioning Dental Specialities — Special Care Dentistry, NHSE, September 2015). Special care dentistry is defined as being “concerned with the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. The speciality focuses on adolescents and adults only and includes the important period of transition as the adolescent moves into adulthood. The speciality was formally recognised by the General Dental Council (GDC) in 2008” (Guides for Commissioning Dental Specialities – Special Care Dentistry, NHSE, September 2015).