Patient Safety

Your safety is as important to us as our own and we have strict policies in place to ensure we all stay safe. We strive not to just meet requirements but to exceed them:

Please cancel your appointment if you believe that you have a condition which is contagious and do not attend if you:

• Feel unwell
• Have suffered a recent bout of diarrhoea & sickness/vomitting (within 48 hours)
• Have an active cold-sore (Herpes Labialis) or shingles (Herpes Zoster)
• Recent deterioration in or a new medical condition that will make receiving treatment uncomfortable or unsafe – please ask us or your GP for guidance if you are unsure.

For your safety, you will be asked to complete a medical history form and update it when you attend for routine check-up appointments (and particularly prior to an invasive procedure such as dental extraction).

Please inform us at your appointment if there is a change in your medical health or you are taking (or have stopped taking) certain medications as this can impact upon the treatment you can or cannot receive.

If you are taking multiple medications then please write them down on a piece of paper or bring a copy of your prescription to your appointment to ensure that none are missed.

Further measures to reduce the spread of disease:

• Please attend alone or in pairs where possible (unless attending with children or carers)
• Please arrive slightly before your appointment (but not more than ten minutes early) to reduce the number of patients in the practice at any time.
• Please brush your teeth at home or prior to attending the practice
• Sanitise hands with alcohol (or wash them) on your arrival to the practice.