All practices will be required to establish (independently or by collaboration with others) a remote urgent care service, providing telephone triage for their patients with urgent needs during usual working hours, and whenever possible treating with:
– Advice
– Analgesia
– Antimicrobial means where appropriate.
All community outreach activities such as oral health improvement programmes (e.g. Starting Well, routine non-urgent work in care homes) and dental surveys will be stopped until advised otherwise
As this is a very recent change you are advised to contact your dental practice in the first instance for more information.
You can read the full guidelines here