Date of next meeting and Agenda + Dental Updates
- georgschnellinger
- 5 hours ago
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Essex LDC Meeting at Chelmsford Golf Club and Online
The next meeting will be on Monday 14th September 2026 (6.30pm). The agenda has been shared via the LDC newsletter.
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The NHS Dental Services Portal is here:
check your email address is up-to-date
Access to the new Dental Services Portal, which includes your monthly pay statement and NHS Pensions information, depends on having the right email address on Compass. You can read the previous email in full and find guidance on how to update your primary email address in Compass which will be used to invite you to register for the NHS Dental Services Portal, and to send you other important information in future.
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National QI Initiative Proposals
LDCs/ICBs to write to all involved practices and invite to form groups as per EOE QI guidance by 30th September 2026.
Practices to respond to the LDC to assess suitability of the groups.
Non responding practices to be allocated by LDCs to suitable groups.
Should LDCs have concerns about suitability of some groups this should be communicated to ICB/ORCDO to find a solution together.
LDCs to inform ICB/ORCDO by 15th October 2026 about the groups.
ORCDO will be available for support if there are LDC/ICB concerns.
QI outcome data collected from practices and peer review groups via a national approach (Compass).
Oversight at ORCDO level will be from Nick Barker and Tom Norfolk (RCDOs) with support being available from Georg Schnellinger.
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GDPC-LDC RLG: 2026 NHS Contract Changes Survey
Five months into the changes to the NHS contract in England, the BDA has launched a survey to find out how GDPs are finding the reality of these new ways of working:
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Level 1 Periodontics 26-27
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Kind regards,
Clint Foreman
(Asst. Sec. Essex LDC)
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