Practice Update
Dear patients,
The Chief Dental Officer (CDO) has now announced that dental practices across England will be allowed to begin the process of reopening. We are incredibly pleased and excited to announce that we will be re-opening Littleport Dental Surgery from Monday 8th June 2020.
We have had to cancel numerous appointments since the lockdown began and will initially be prioritising appointments for our existing patients who have had dental emergencies or appointments cancelled, in order of urgency. We politely request that you do not attend the clinic unless you have an appointment.
At Littleport Dental Surgery, the safety of both our patients and staff is of the utmost importance to us and that is why we have spent the time of closure upgrading the clinic and introducing the following measures to keep our patients and staff safer than ever.
The clinic as you are aware was always a very clean and safe environment. However, to further ensure your safety, we have placed hand sanitisers at entry points, upgraded our PPE and redesigned the patient journey in line with social distancing.
We will be conducting pre-screening tests of patients which will include taking your temperature on arrival.
We will be booking your appointments to ensure that the Practice and waiting areas are not overcrowded. We will do this by leaving suitable gaps between appointments, making sure that you can attend the practice while maintaining a suitable distance from one another in accordance with government guidelines.
To further avoid overcrowding when you arrive at the practice, we ask that you only arrive for your appointment 2-3 minutes early.
We also ask that you pay using a contactless card or over the phone payment method where possible. This crucial step greatly reduces touch points at the practice.
Between all appointments as always, the dental team will thoroughly disinfect the dental surgery, reducing the risk of exposure to anything harmful while you are in our dental chair.
We thank you all for your patience during this difficult time and look forward to seeing you again soon!
We will be in touch as soon as we ready to see you, however, in the meantime, if you are in need of urgent dental treatment, you should continue to contact the practice on 01353 861980 or email info.littleportdentalsurgery@gmail.com.
Kind regards,
All the team at Littleport Dental Surgery
