LDC meeting 13th July, complex care pathway webinar recording, updates

LDC Meeting 13.7.26.

The next LDC meeting will be held at the Chelmsford Golf Club on Monday 13th July 2026, starting at 6.30pm, with online access also available.                   

Agenda and joining details to follow in due course.

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New Regulations for Complex Care/Denture Modifications Webinar                                       

New regulations for complex care and denture modifications are expected to come into force on 23 June 2026, subject to parliamentary processes.

A recording of the recent explanatory webinar can be accessed here: Townhall

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Referral Form for Suspected H&N Cancer       

Head and Neck Cancer (Suspected) Referral Form June 2026.pdf        

For 'Urgent Suspected Cancer', send to: mse.orchubusc@nhs.net             

For Colchester:  colchester.2wwqueries@esneft.nhs.uk     

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This website may also be helpful for contacts:                    https://www.mse.nhs.uk/head-and-neck-cancer

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MSE NHS Foundation Trust : New email address for Oral Cancer Referrals

Mid and South Essex Hospital have updated contact email for dental referrals: https://news.comms.midandsouthessex.ics.nhs.uk/p476/send/m7g-ceoe4

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Lecturer (ASE) - School of Health and Social Care                       

Recruitment of six part time lecturers is underway: https://vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=046420dSgA&WVID=9918109NEm&LANG=USA                            

The vacancy is also live here on jobs.ac.uk: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW734/lecturer?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic

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BDA Monthly Updates

• Change at the top and reform at risk

  
  

  If we do not see urgency, stability and funding from Government, then NHS dentistry may not have a future.

  
  

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• Reality check: New dental schools won’t end dental deserts

  
  

  Fifty new undergraduate places can’t turn round crisis in NHS dentistry.

  
  

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• DPH workforce: Concessions, but deep cuts remain

  
  

  We’ve secured some reductions in the level of cuts to the Dental Public Health (DPH) workforce, but these concessions don’t do enough to protect this strategically essential function.

  
  

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• Dentists' champion awarded MBE

  
  

  We are delighted to report that Shawn Charlwood has been awarded the Member of the British Empire (MBE) for services to dentistry in the King’s Birthday Honours.

  
  

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• What has happened to the Government’s promise to ban energy drink sales to children?

  
  

  Together with Jamie Oliver, Bite Back and others, we are calling out continued inaction that is putting children’s health at risk.

  
  

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• Baby food sales crash, but government must step up

  
  

  Exposé into pouches more sugary than Coke hits the industry where it hurts.

  
  

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Kind regards,

Clint Foreman

(Asst. Sec. Essex LDC)