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Children do not call the shots

3 mins read Safeguarding
The BDA has launched a new toolkit to support the safeguarding of children and young people who miss appointments, often for reasons beyond their control

Dental neglect and missed appointments are the most common reasons for dentists to make child protection referrals.

They cause concern because they:


Why ‘Was Not Brought’? What’s wrong with DNA?

Representing a break from the ‘did not attend’ pathway, the new approach which was first developed by community dentistry professionals at Charles Clifford Dental Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, recognises that children do not ‘call the shots’ on whether they attend appointments. The ‘was not brought’ pathway, ‘WNB-CYP’, was published in the British Dental Journal and is now available for all dentists and teams to use via the BDA website.

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