NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board Dental Professionals Engagement Event

This notice is placed in order to facilitate early engagement with potential providers and stakeholders and relates only to an engagement workshop. NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB is hosting an important Pre-Market Engagement Event focused on the provision and development of NHS dental services in Surrey. This event is an opportunity for commissioners, providers, and key stakeholders to come together to explore innovative approaches to enhancing the accessibility and quality of NHS dental care. The event will gather key stakeholders, dental professionals, industry experts, and potential partners, to discuss and consider how SH ICB can optimise dental services for its population and bring to the market viable and deliverable efficient, effective, and innovative new service models and configurations. The event aims to foster collaboration and open dialogue, providing a platform for participants to share insights, identify challenges, and explore innovative solutions that can enhance patient care and improve service delivery. By engaging with the market early, the event seeks to ensure that we are cognisant of presenting challenges and opportunities and understand the needs and expectations of dental service providers in order to shape future offerings that are capable of improving patient access, addressing patient needs and supporting an overall improvement in oral health for adults and children. Why Attend? • Gain insights into the future commissioning priorities and strategies for NHS dental services in Surrey Heartlands. • Contribute your expertise to help shape service specifications and delivery models. • Network with other providers and stakeholders within the NHS dental sector. Who Should Attend? This event is aimed at current and prospective dental service providers, commissioners, and other stakeholders with an interest in NHS dental care. If you wish to secure your place at the engagement event, please click on the link to book by midday on Friday 17th January 2025: (https://forms.office.com/e/hGdsG4DVRw) When - Wednesday 22nd January 2025 Where - Dorking Halls (postcode: RH4 1SG) Timing - 1:30pm - 4:30pm Outline Agenda - Introduction to the potential upcoming market opportunities - Overview of the project and objectives - Break Out sessions - Networking and collaboration opportunities - Commissioner next steps This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.