The provider should be able to deliver high quality General Dental Services (GDS) to the current cohort of regular patients who have been accessing dental care at Whitegates together with a flow of new patients and patients contacting the practice who require urgent dental treatment.

Due to the sad passing of the incumbent contract holder, NHS SY ICB are planning to use the Most Suitable Provider process to award a new contract to the remaining partner within the Whitegates Dental Practice.

Continuing to commission the same level of dentistry at Whitegates Dental Practice would enable the provider to maintain and improve access to dental services in Doncaster and retain the same contracted NHS activity within the constituency area and within the dental practice. It will enable continuity of dental access for the regular patients.

The provision of dental services and maintaining patients access to dental services is important in not only improving patients dental health but also relates to other health issues. Dentists check for oral cancers, signpost to smoking cessation, alcohol services and other health and well being services, and provide dietary advice especially weaning and diet for infants and diet for children.