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Dental - Community special care and children's

  • We provide specialist dental care for children and adults whose treatment needs cannot be met within a General Dental Practice. The majority of our patients have physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment, or often a combination of these factors.

  • Service hours: Monday - Friday, 08:45am – 12:30pm and 1:15pm – 5:00pm

About the service

We are the Worcestershire Community Dental Service.  We help people who  cannot go to a normal dentist . You need a  referral  to use our service. We provide specialist dental services to: 

  • Children and adults with  disabilities
  • People with health problems
  • People who are very worried about the dentist
  • People who cannot leave home  or live in care

Treatment may include:

  • Special care dentistry f or people with extra needs
  • Paediatric dentistry f or children,  including  sedation and hospital care
  • Sedation and general anaesthetic f or people who need extra help
  • Home visits for people who cannot come to a clinic
  • Tooth health education including t eaching how to look after teeth

To make the service fully accessible, our facilities include:

  • Home visits
  • Wheelchair accessible clinics, including:
    • Hoists
    • Specialist dental chair for wheelchair users
    • Loop systems
    • Interpreting services

Our team is made up of professionals including:

  • Dentists
  • Dental nurses
  • Consultants (specialist dentists)
  • Oral health educators
  • Admin staff (appointments and referrals) 

We also work with  schools, hospitals, carers, and social workers.  

Find out about urgent dental services: Dental Urgent Care Worcestershire Community Dental Service | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

How to access the service

We do not accept referrals directly from patients or their families. But professionals, like general dentists and GPs can refer you to our service.

Referral information for professionals 

  • General dental practitioners — via Rego only.
  • General medical practitioners and other health or social care professionals must complete our community dental referral form.

For general dental practitioners, please submit your referral via REGO including any relevant medical history, mobility requirements such as hoist or wheelchair tipper and copies of radiographs. Please inform us if the patient requires an interpreter. 

Referral forms

Your referral may be rejected if there is insufficient information.

Completed referral forms should be returned to: whcnhs.communitydental@nhs.net.

If you need to discuss a referral, please contact the team on: 01905 520502.

Contact the team

Redditch

  • Address: Orchard Place, 4-6 Orchard Street, B98 7DP
  • Phone: 01527 488611 

Evesham

  • Address: Evesham Community Hospital, WR11 1JT
  • Phone: 01386 502453 

Kidderminster

  • Address: Kidderminster Health Centre, DY10 1PG
  • Phone: 01562 514515

Worcester

  • Address: 7 Moor Street, WR1 3DB
  • Phone: 01905 681625 

Malvern

  • Address: Osborne Road, Malvern, WR14 1JE
  • Phone: 01684 612754 

All locations, email: whcnhs.communitydental@nhs.net