Dental Community Service: WH

NCL Wide

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This Whittington Health (WH) service is for adults and children with complex needs who are unable to use or access general (or high street) dental services.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

Children aged 15 years or younger with:

  • severe anxiety who are not able to cooperate, or who may need a general anaesthetic
  • physical or learning disabilities
  • medical conditions that require special provision
  • a need for specialist care (e.g. sedation, management of trauma, hypoplastic teeth)

or who are:

  • looked after or considered at risk.

Adults (16+) with requiring special care, including the following examples:

  • severe physical disabilities, including bariatric (severely overweight) patients
  • moderate to severe learning disabilities
  • dental phobia
  • complex medical conditions
  • severe mental health problems including dementia
  • long-term drug and alcohol problem

along with those that are:

  • housebound, such as frail elderly people
  • homeless.

Exclusions

  • patients who can attend primary care dental care (patients should always be initially advised to attend a local dental practice).

How to Refer

For children 15 years old and younger, you can complete the online referral form

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk

EMIS form

Referral methods: Email

Complete the appropriate form and send to dentalreferral.whitthealth@nhs.net: 

  • Paediatric Dentistry Referral Form GP (under 15) - NCL - Whittington (v2, July 2021)
  • Special Care Dentistry Referral Form (16+) - NCL - Whittington (v2, July 2021)

Access to this specialist service is by referral only and inappropriate referrals may be rejected.

Where to find the form

In local EMIS global document library systems as follows:

  • Barnet: BAR Global Documents > Referral forms folder
  • Camden: Camden Global Documents > Dermatology-ENT-Dental & Ophtalmo
  • Enfield: ENF Global Documents > Dental services folder
  • Haringey: HAR Global Documents > Dental services folder
  • Islington: ISL Global Documents > Dental services folder

Locations

Holloway Health Centre

11 Hornsey Street, London, N7 8GG

Hornsey Rise Health Centre

Beaumont Rise, London, N19 3YU

Finsbury Health Centre

Pine Street, London, EC1R 0LP

Hunter Street Health Centre

8 Hunter Street, London, WC1N 1BN

Crowndale Health Centre

59 Crowndale Road, London, NW1 1TU

Gospel Oak Health Centre

5 Lismore Circus, London, NW5 4QF

Kentish Town Health Centre

2 Bartholomew Road, London, NW5 2BX

St Ann’s Hospital

Dental Outpatients, St Ann’s Hospital - H Block, St Ann’s Road, Tottenham, London, N15 3TH

Tynemouth Road Health Centre

Dental Clinic, Tynemouth Road, Tottenham, London, N15 4RH

Evergreen Primary Care Centre

Dental Clinic, 1 Smythe Close, Edmonton, London, N9 0TW

Forest Health Centre

Dental Department, 308a Hertford Road, Edmonton, London, N9 7HD

Ordnance Unity Centre

Dental Practice, 645 Hertford Road, Enfield, EN3 6ND

Mill Hill Health Centre

Hartley Avenue, London, NW7 2HX

Torrington Park Health Centre

16 Torrington Park, London, N12 9SS

Vale Drive Health Centre

Vale Drive, Barnet, EN5 2ED

Service Feedback

dentalreferral.whitthealth@nhs.net 020 3316 8353

Review date: Wednesday, 18 December 2024

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