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Referral from General Dental Practice

1. Keep, share, or send — choosing the right door

2. How fast — routine, urgent, emergency, suspected cancer

3. A letter someone can act on

Referral from General Dental Practice – Assessment

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Referral from General Dental Practice – Assessment

Referral from General Dental Practice
Referral from General Dental Practice – Assessment

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Question 1 of 8

1. Question

A referral is mainly:

A way to clear a late list
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A clinical handover of a defined question and risk
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Optional if you are an FD
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The same as a patient complaint
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Question 2 of 8

2. Question

Urgent suspected-cancer pathways should be used:

For every white patch you have ever seen, to be safe in the statistics
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When current national and local criteria are met, without delaying once you have decided
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Only after watching a lesion for three months in every case
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Instead of examining the patient
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Question 3 of 8

3. Question

Until secondary care has accepted the patient, responsibility for advice and deterioration sits:

Nowhere
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Still with you in primary care, with a safety net
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Only with NHS 111 even if you are open
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With the patient’s neighbour
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Question 4 of 8

4. Question

A useful referral letter includes:

Please see, thanks
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The question, history, medical list, findings, what you did, and usable imaging
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Only the patient’s first name
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A joke about the waiting list
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Question 5 of 8

5. Question

Spreading infection with systemic upset and airway risk is usually:

A routine orthodontic referral
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An emergency / urgent medical-dental pathway, not a slow consultant letter
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Watch and wait for six months
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A reason to start unplanned GA in the surgery
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Question 6 of 8

6. Question

If you are unsure whether a lesion meets suspected-cancer criteria you should:

Wait until the next study day in two months
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Ask your educational supervisor or an appropriate colleague the same day
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Delete the photograph
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Tell the patient it is definitely nothing
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Question 7 of 8

7. Question

Clinical photos of a lesion should be sent:

On a staff WhatsApp group
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On an approved NHS / practice route with consent
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To your personal Instagram
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Never, even with consent
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Question 8 of 8

8. Question

This course is:

1 hour knowledge CPD on referral, not a booking portal
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A two-week-wait licence from NICE
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Module 4 of IR(ME)R
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Only for receptionists
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