This Publication Scheme is a
complete guide to the information routinely made available to
the public by Southport Road Dental Practice. It is a
description of the information about our Dental Practitioners
and Practice which we make publicly available. Some information
is not made publicly available. It will be reviewed at regular
intervals and we will monitor its effectiveness.
How much does it cost?
The publications are all free
unless otherwise indicated within each Class [with £]. Where
information is provided at a cost the charges will be calculated
as set out in Class 7.
How is the information made
available?
The information within each
Class is either downloadable from the practice website, or
available in hard copy from the reception desk immediately or
within a few days if re-printing is required.
Your rights to information:
In addition to accessing
the information identified in the Publication Scheme, you are
entitled to request information about Southport Road Dental
Practice under the NHS Openness Code 1995.
The Freedom of Information
Act 2000 recognises that members of the public have the right to
know how public services are organised and run, how much they
cost and how the decisions are made.
From January 1st
2005 it will oblige the Dental Practice to respond to requests
about information that it holds, and is recorded in any format
and it will create a right of access to that information. These
rights are subject to some exemptions which have to be taken
into consideration before deciding what information it can
release.
New environmental
information regulations may be introduced as early as 2003.
These will enable similar access to environmental information as
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Under the Data Protection
Act 1998, you are also entitled to access your dental records or
any other personal information held about you and you can
contact Andrew Brierley or Paul Ethrington to do this.
Feedback
If you have any comments about
the operation of the Publication Scheme, or how we have dealt
with your request for information from the Scheme, please write
to Southport Road Dental Practice for the attention of Kathryn
Dooley.
CLASSES OF INFORMATION
All information at the
Southport Road Dental Practice is held, retained and destroyed
in accordance with NHS guidelines. Our commitment to publish
information excludes any information which can be legitimately
withheld under the exemptions set out in the NHS Openness Code
or Freedom of Information Act 2000. Where individual Classes are
subject to exemptions, the main reasons are e.g. the protection
of commercial interests and personal information under the Data
Protection Act 1998. This applies to all Classes within the
Publication Scheme. The information on this Scheme is grouped
into the following broad categories:
1. Who we are?
We are a free-standing,
independent dental practice which is run on a financially
self-supporting basis. The practice is responsible for its
debts, running costs and profit.
We offer some NHS
treatments to some patients on behalf of the NHS / Government,
although this will change during April 2005 or so to be on
behalf of the local Primary Care Trust who will assume
responsibility for local health care provision. The present
Health Authority provides an emergency service, a community
clinic in West Bank for non-registered patients, and a community
clinic in Chorley Hospital for some specialist services to whom
we also refer some patients.
The practice staff are as
listed below;
|
Andrew
Brierley |
Dentist |
BDS U.
Sheffield
GDC
No 43387 |
|
Paul
Ethrington |
Dentist |
BDS U.
London
GDC No 46551 |
| Rebecca
Winstanley |
Hygienist |
BSc
Dental Hygiene |
|
Kathryn Dooley |
Reception / Surgery Assistant |
|
|
Stella Brierley |
Reception Administration |
|
| Sam Nelson |
DentalSurgery Assistant |
DSA National Certificate |
| Rachel Allsup |
Dental
Surgery Assistant |
DSA National Certificate |
| Linzi
Moss |
Dental
Surgery Assistant |
DSA
NationalCertificate
Oral Health Diploma |
2. Our Services
We can offer some NHS
treatments and a full range of private treatment.
We offer NHS care to children,
but adults are treated on a private basis only.
Opening Hours are 9.0am
to1.0pm. Closed for lunch 1.0pm to 2.0pm Afternoon 2.0pm to
5.00pm Monday to Friday. Closed at weekends. Emergency cover via
NHS Direct when closed, ring the practice and listen to the
answer machine update.
Wheelchair access. English
only spoken. Referral for Sedation/General Anaesthetics.
Referral for orthodontics,
some private root canal treatments and difficult extractions of
wisdom teeth requiring an oral surgeon.
Hygienist available on a
private basis only.
The range of service we
provide under contract to the NHS for children ONLY.
Examinations; X-rays; Oral
Cancer Screening; Routine fillings; Routine extractions;
Routine cleaning and oral hygiene instruction and diet advice.
Orthodontics are referred
Further information on our
website and the NHS Local website (www.thelocalweb.net)
3. Financial and funding
information
NHS treatment for children
under the age of 18 is free. After their 18th birthday patients
here will have to pay on a private only basis as fee per item or
on Denplan Excel at this practice.
Private charges are listed at
reception and a copy can be provided on request. There is no
assistance from the NHS towards the cost of private treatment
which the patient must pay in full.
Our income from the NHS
derives from a yearly fixed price contract , paid in monthly
instalments, for a fixed amount of work called units of dental
activity (UDA's). This is based on past work activity and thus
means that we are unable to accept new NHS children unless our
target number of UDA's is not being met.
There are some allowances for such things as continuing
professional development and which is based on our level of commitment to
the NHS.
Our figure for turnover from
NHS income is approximately £26,000 BEFORE expenses, applied as
a proportion of the turnover of the practice as a whole. Against
this has to be set the very high expenses for staff wages, cost
of the building, rates, cross infection control, clinical and
special waste disposal, all materials and disposables, practice
development funding, some dentist further education and staff
training, decoration and repair/servicing/replacement and
upgrades to all the equipment.
4. Regular publications and
information for the public
We publish a practice brochure
and news letter which are regularly updated and indicate the
range of treatment options available and costs. There is
additional information on our website, again regularly updated.
We also have a range of
information leaflets from a variety of sources, most of which
are free.
Our website has articles
relating to current dental and related topics, and links to
other sites. There is also a link to provide details of our
location and can even provide a route map.
5. Complaints
We have a written complaints
procedure operating in this practice. We will always try to
resolve any complaints informally within the practice and with a
different member of staff to the one with whom you have an issue
if this is more acceptable. Should this informal approach not
provide a satisfactory conclusion then the written procedure can
be used. Further information is available at the reception desk.
6. Our policies and procedures
We are registered with
The
Data Protection Agency,
with regard to the information held in
the practice on record cards and computers. We also observe
confidentiality with regard to the communication of information
to ANY third party unless specifically authorised by the
patient. All practice staff are so trained.
Records are kept of
prescriptions of drugs or their provision to private patients by
the practice.
Records are kept of the
prescription specification for the manufacture of laboratory
work for patients as required under The Medical Devices Agency
regulations.
Health and Safety Regulations,
COSH, Public Liability and Employer’s Liability policies are
complied with.
Written Protocols are used
relating to cross infection control, surgery assistant duties,
emergency collapse, reception duties, health and safety issues,
and staff immunisation records.
7. This Publication Scheme
In this class we will publish
any changes we make to this Publication Scheme, the criteria on
which our information management policies are made and a
referral point for all enquires regarding information management
generally in the practice. We will also publish any proposed
changes or additions to publications already available.
Cost of Information
For the most part, we will
charge you only for hard copies [or copying onto media (e.g. CD
ROM)]. Some information is available free, but for others there
may be a charge. The charges will vary according to how
information is made available. Charges are as follows:
[a) Via the Dental
Practice/Primary Care Trust Web Site –Free of charge, although
any charges for Internet Service provider and personal printing
costs would have to be met by the individual
For those without Internet
access, a single print-out as on the website would be available
by post or by personal application at the practice. Internet
access is also available at most libraries.
However, requests for multiple
printouts, or for archived copies of documents which are no
longer accessible or available on the web, may attract a charge
for the retrieval, photocopy, postage etc. We will let you know
the cost and charges that will have to be paid in advance. We
will not provide printouts of other organisation’s websites.]
b) Leaflets and brochures-free
of charge; for leaflets or booklets on, for example, services we
offer to the public. A list is available from practice
reception.
c) "Glossy" or other bound
paper copies, or in some cases a CD Rom, video or other mediums,
are for charge as in our publication lists available from the
practice reception.
d) e-mail-will be free of
charge unless it says otherwise
The charges will be reviewed
regularly.
Useful Resources
Web sites:
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
This is the Information
Commissioner’s web site.
www.lcd.gov.uk
This is the Lord Chancellor’s
web site
www.nhs.foi.uk
This is the NHS Freedom of
Information web site
Primary Care Trust web site http//:www.thelocalweb.net
Publications
· NHS Openness Code
www.doh.gov.uk/nhsexec/codemain.htm
· FOI Act 2000
www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts2000/2000036.htm
· Code of Practice under
Section 45 FOI Act 2000
www.lcd.gov.uk
· Code of Practice under
Section 46 FOI Act 2000
www.lcd.gov.uk
Copyright
Material available through
this Publication Scheme is subject to the Dental Practice’s
copyright unless otherwise indicated. Unless expressly indicated
to the contrary, it may be reproduced free of charge in any
format or medium provided it is done so accurately in a manner
which will not mislead. Where items are re-published or copied
to others, you must identify the source and acknowledge
copyright status. This permit does not extend to third party
material, accessed through the scheme.
For HMSO Guidance Notes see
www.hmso.gov.uk/guides.htm
