10,000 tune in to chief dental officer’s COVID-19 webinar

She took to the small screen to outline the latest progress for dentists and their teams in England on issues that have been of great concern since the COVD-19 crisis hit the UK.

She was joined in the webinar by:

Dr Hurley kicked off the webinar referencing the national COVID-19 challenges we are all facing, adding she was impressed by the clinical leaders and true role models within the profession who are stepping into a range of new roles.

Discussing the ‘unprecedented step of cessation of routine dental care’ she said it had been a difficult three to four weeks, due to the pace of change and new direction.

On the frontline, she said she welcomed dental colleagues and their skills and the transfer of talent that will help healthcare workers in the acute and community healthcare sectors as well as in the urgent dental care hubs that are setting up around the country.

She also criticised those in the profession who ‘hide behind the anonymous webpage and the screen’ and talked about misinformation, misdirection and the ‘malicious use of the internet’ that ‘have not helped patient care’.