Awarding the Contract

Once the contract has been awarded, commissioners need to:

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• Ensure timely payment to the provider. 

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• Be available should any issues concerning the programme arise. Preferably set up a general oral health email address rather than a personal email address to provide permanence in case of staff changes.  

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• Ensure appropriate governance and performance monitoring processes are in place, covering: 

  • Organisation of the supervised toothbrushing programme. 

  • Monitoring to include accurate records of activities as described above and appropriate use of personal data in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). 

  • Ensuring changes to policies including infection prevention and control are reviewed and kept up-to-date.  

  • Appropriate safeguarding policies are followed. 

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