Dental practice and related services

Tender description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU on behalf of NHS England — Midlands and East (Central Midlands) would like to inform you of an opportunity to attend a market engagement event for Community Dental Services across Bedfordshire including Luton, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. The market engagement event will give providers: — an overview of service to be provided, — provide details of the contract type, length and particular conditions, — explain the procurement process and the anticipated timelines. The event will take place at 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 27.3.2019 at Hilton Hotel, Northamptonshire. NHS England Midlands and East (Central Midlands) (the Contracting Authority) is seeking to identify suitable providers of Community Dental Services (CDS) as part of its strategy for the development and delivery of special care dentistry and paediatric dentistry across Bedfordshire including Luton, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. Key components of the delivery model: — Core CDS Provision: providing quality dental care to special care and paediatric groups and selected other hard to reach groups, in both secondary care clinic and community settings, — providing a range of public health functions for special care and paediatric groups. To limit the number of general anaesthetics carried out on children, the CDS will act as the gatekeeper for children and adults referred for treatment under general anaesthesia and sedation. Working in collaboration with Health Education England (HEE), NHSE, PHE, acute trusts and general dental practitioners to support this transition, — provision of dental services for Bariatric patients who cannot otherwise access other dental services, — urgent or emergency dental care for people who meet the criteria of this service, — advanced services either for patients receiving comprehensive care or on referral, — treatment under sedation including general anaesthesia, — domiciliary dental services, — oral health screening, — teaching and training for dental team members, This specification may also cover: — oral health promotion and epidemiolgy. The procurement will include a new pathway based around a single service specification with regards to paediatric referrals to eliminate pre-existing inequalities in the services. A GA pathway redesign is being conducted as part of this procurement process.