Freedom of Information Request – Ref: GHC-04062026-337444
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
Provide the following information relating to the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Surgery, Hospital Dental Services or similar departments at your organisation.
Part A – Clinical activity and patient safety data For each of the last three complete years, please provide:
1. The total number of procedures coded under the following OPCS-4 categories:
• F09 – Surgical removal of tooth
• F10 – Simple extraction of tooth
Our response:
We do not record dental extractions using coding and therefore we are unable to extract this information requested.
You asked:
2. The number of recorded incidents relating to:
• wrong tooth extraction
• wrong-site dental extraction procedures
• relevant Never Events involving dental extraction procedures
Where possible, please provide annual totals only.
Our response:
No wrong tooth extraction or wrong site dental extraction recorded.
You asked:
Part B – Policies, procedural guidance, and safety documentation
Please provide copies of any current policies, protocols, procedural guidelines, checklists, LocSSIPs, or standard operating procedures relating to:
• tooth extraction procedures
• prevention of wrong tooth extraction
• prevention of wrong-site dental surgery
• surgical safety processes within oral surgery / OMFS / hospital dental services
Our response:
Dental Extraction Policy, please click on link to access a copy of our policy; CPR004 Dental Extraction Protocol V3 issued 29.11.23
You asked:
Part C – Departmental contact information
Please provide the contact details (email addresses where available) for the following roles within relevant departments (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Surgery, Hospital Dental Service or similar).
• Clinical Lead / Clinical Director
• Service Manager
• Lead Nurse
• Generic departmental contact email
Our response:
Clinical Lead / Clinical Director CDS – Patricia Phillips
Service Manager – Lisa Bradley – Dental Service Manager
Telephone Number – 0300 421 6449
Website: www.gloscommunitydental.nhs.uk
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.