OMFS and COVID-19

Section last updated: 28 August 2020: 17:47

In the current unprecedented times, the fast moving information tsunami is impossible to follow comprehensively and contemporaneously. 

Advice to our members is to monitor the official information sources in England and the devolved nations for the latest information.  In that context we hope that the pages in this section will be useful.  The 'Latest Updates' section on this page contains recent information only - previous advice / updates will be found in the respective sub-pages under this heading.

If you become aware of useful information or links related to COVID or anything else, please let us know and we can share via this section.

There are 6 key projects to which OMFS surgeons are asked to contribute: see COVID-19 research page

Recovery-related information:

• August 28 2020: COVID-19 Urgent dental care SOP
• August 28 2020: Dental Transition to recovery SOP
• July 24 2020: Clinical Guide to Surgical Prioritisation During the Coronavirus Pandemic: from the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations (FSSA) -this Guide was produced at the request of NHS England at the start of the pandemic. It is written by specialists in the procedures listed and is updated at least every month. It sets out what clinicians view as the relative priorities of conditions at the time it is posted.
• June 8 2020: Restarting elective OMF surgery COVID-19 recovery phase (this document refers to patients on waiting lists for elective surgery under GA, it excludes Head and Neck cancers covered in both BAOMS and NHS documents).