1. Activity (Hours /Sessions)
This section provides an overview of the activity of dentists and dental care professionals as described in Ministerial Letter EH/ML/014/08, not including ‘Designed to Smile’ activity. Activity is counted in sessions. A session is taken to mean a period of time of generally three to three and a half hours (generally a full morning or a full afternoon). The types of activity for which data is collected is as follows:
− Providing patient treatment, care and advice: all except GA/sedation
− Providing patient treatment, care and advice: GA/sedation
− Oral Health Education and Promotion
− Epidemiology
− Screening
− Quality and safety activities
− Provision of training
− Professional support
− Joint working with other organisations/agencies
− Managerial duties
− Total
2. Attendance (Total Contacts; DNAs)
This section collects information on face to face contacts, defined below, together with appointments where the patient did not attend (DNA).
− First contact in the year
− Subsequent contact
− Total
− of which Urgent / emergency contact
− DNAs:
− Did not attend
− Cancelled by patient
3. Reasons for the patients being treated by the CDS (First Contacts)
The section provides the reasons for patients (first contacts only) being treated, categories of reason below:
− Recalled patients
− Patients who are new to the CDS, of which:
− Self referral
− Referred under Designed to Smile programme
− Referred by General Dental Service
− Referred by Hospital Dental Service
− Referred by other health professional
− Referred by Social Services, LA or LEA
− Total
4. Patients by Category (First Contacts)
This section relates to the provision of dental services for vulnerable people, as defined in paragraph 6 of the Ministerial Letter EH/ML/014/08, and to patients who are unable to access General Dental Services. The categories of patient, for which information is collected, are as follows (first contacts only)
Vulnerable patients, of which:
− Learning disability
− Physical disability
− Mental Health Issues
− Medically compromised
− Phobic/ Anxiety
− Homeless
− Substance misuse
− Hospital in-patient
− Prisoner
− Child unable to cope with routine dental care
Other patient categories:
− Child who chooses to stay with the CDS
− Unable to attend / access General Dental Service
Total
5. Treated Under GA / Sedation (Total Contacts)
This section relates to the number of contacts treated under a General anaesthetic or sedation.
- Treated under GA
- Treated under IV sedation
- Treated under inhalation sedation eg relative analgesia
- Treated with other therapy / acupuncture
- Total – this will be an automated calculation
6. Location of Treatment (Total Contacts)
This section of the form relates to the location of treatment for total contacts, location categories as follows:
− Fixed health centre/clinic
− Mobile surgery
− Domiciliary
− Other Health Board venue
− Total
7. Screening Patients
- Children’s Screening
- Day centre/ hospital
- Secure Unit/ prison
- Adults in residential accommodation
- Other
o Please specify
- Total
8. Outcomes
This section of the form relates to outcomes for patients (first contacts only), outcomes below:
− Patient transferred to GDS / other service