Hertfordshire & West Essex Integrated Urgent Care Service

Location

Marlowes

Description

The Dental Access Scheme is incorporated into the Integrated Urgent Care Contract. Hertfordshire Urgent Care will triage and book urgent dental patients into appropriate in‑hours and out‑of‑hours dental practices as part of the urgent and emergency care pathway.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

The modification supports access to urgent dental care by providing appropriate triage and clinical redirection for patients presenting with urgent dental needs. It supports the urgent and emergency care system and maintains service continuity while wider dental reform arrangements are embedded.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime contract modification notice issued under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply. The contract has been formally modified.Approval of the Dental Access Scheme was given by the Primary Care Commissioning Committee on the following dates:22 October 2024 for the period 1 December 2024 to 31 March 202515 April 2025 for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 20263 February 2026 for the period 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board maintains a register of conflicts of interest. Declarations were requested in line with governance requirements, and no conflicts were identified in relation to the decisions noted above.