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This site has been designed to support the specialty of Maxillofacial Surgery in Wales. If you are involved in the specialty please register in order to view the site content or add your own. The site uses the content management software to allow you to contribute. We hope that this will allow it to grow to fulfil your expectations and provide support as you work in the specialty.

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MaxillofacialSurgery.Wales is proud to host and provide booking and abstract workflow services to the Welsh Hospitals Dental Specialty Group. You can find the current abstract submission links as well as links to the Abstract Books since 2018 by following the Welsh Hospital menu.

 


 

 

Newport Maxillofacial DCT:

Dear SHOs

I am working as a SHO DCT (on-call post) in Newport Maxillofacial surgery. 

Its been a fantastic experience working here. I came into this job after a 1 year experience in maxfax. Job started with an induction where the department helped us acclimatise to the department and the hospital, which I found extremely helpful. There have been regular teaching from the staff grades and seniors with regards to dental and medical scenarios we face everyday at ...

The Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport is providing an exciting new service that will allow patients to take advantage of innovative technology and avoid major surgery and hospital admission. The new service is for patients who are experiencing problems with their saliva glands and offers them the option of outpatient treatment. The department is currently the only place in Wales who are using the technology to diagnose and treat salivary grand problems such as stones within the gland. In 2007 ...

 

Wales Trainee John Wells has scooped one of the five winning spots in a Wales-wide event, with his proposal to improve patient outcomes and experience.

John and the Maxillofacial team at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil are celebrating victory in the latest Welsh Health Hack, an opportunity for health and social care workers to share the challenges facing them at work and then pitch and develop a solution.

Now in its fourth year, the Welsh Health Hack 2020 saw 24 teams – ...

Morriston Maxillofacial Dental Core Trainees:
What it's really like at Morriston Hospital as an OMFS junior doctor/dentist?

Dear future SHO's / Dental Core Trainee's (DCT2/3).

Welcome to this page. We, the 2018-19 cohort of Dental Core trainees (DCT2s and DCT3s) wanted to write a short bit of information for you for what the job actually entails and to give you a flavour of what to expect if you decide to apply for a job here in Swansea.

If you wish to contact one us personally, feel free ...

525 - Lessons from Lockdown: An Audit of the Effect of Covid19 on Record Keeping in the CDS

S Ghafoor
Presented by: Saiba Ghafoor
St. David's Hospital

Introduction: In the CDS, many patients have complex medical and social histories, which must be recorded in accurate clinical notes in order for patients to be treated safely and effectively. Practice changed greatly due to the Covid19 pandemic, with no routine care taking place and patients being triaged and often treated remotely. Aim: The aim of this audit was to assess the quality of clinical record keeping, in relation to Covid19. Methods: Data for the audit cycle was collected in July 2020. Records from 10 emergency appointments over at least 5 different days were randomly selected from each of the 8 dentists. I assessed the quality of clinical record keeping against 8 parameters for remote patients and 9 parameters for face-to-face patients, with 6 out of 8, or 7 out of 9 parameters needing to be met to be deemed acceptable. The standard was set at 90% of records to be acceptable. Results: Only 55% of records were deemed acceptable, which is was below the 90% standard set. 3 of the dentists met the 90% standard individually. Record keeping was audited previously at this site between October 2019 and January 2020, where an improvement from 60% to 80% acceptable records was seen. This audit showed that the standard was still not being met, so the results were disseminated and a new Covid19 triaging template created on ‘SOEL,’ which included the parameters being assessed. Re-audit is on going to assess if this improved record keeping. Conclusion: This audit had some modified parameters in comparison to the previous audit cycles to account for the circumstances of remote triaging for emergency patients only, in line with guidance for Covid19 record keeping. However, on the whole, this audit shows that record keeping deteriorated significantly, which is likely reflective of the unique pressure the CDS was under and the unprecedented nature of the situation.
Consent Statement: There are no details on individual patients reported within the abstract.

Poster
Poster Lessons from Lockdown: An Audit of the Effect of Covid19 on Record Keeping in the CDS