Identity area
Reference code
LD/3/3/5/2
Title
A Conscious Decision: A Review of the Use of General Anaesthesia and Conscious Sedation in Primary Dental Care
Date(s)
- Jul 2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper.
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Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This report by an expert group chaired by Sir Liam and the Chief Dental Officer for England, in response to the rise of dental treatments performed under general anaesthestetic during the 1990s, called for standards aimed at protecting patients to be more rigorously enforced and private dental practice to be properly regulated.
Set out recommendations which aimed to prevent unexpected deaths or non-fatal complications occurring outside hospital in circumstances which seemed to be avoidable.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open.