West Country Dental Care

Makaton Training to enhance our Patient Experience

| Author: Smile Together
Earlier this year dentist Claire Newland and dental nurses Debbie Williams, Sharon Smith, Julie Sillence and Katie Rowe from our West Country Dental Care team voluntarily undertook and successfully completed Truro & Penwith College’s ‘Makaton for Professionals Foundation Workshop’. Their motivation for learning Makaton was to improve the patient experience for autistic and hearing-impaired children who attend our [...]

Dental Nurse recognised in Cornwall’s 30 Under 30 Awards

| Author: Smile Together
West Country Dental Care nurse Katie Rowe is thrilled to be selected as a winner in these prestigious annual awards which celebrate Cornwall’s brightest young business talent and those entrepreneurs doing great things in the Duchy. Organised by Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by Cornwall College Business and run in partnership with networking group The [...]

Sepsis awareness

| Author: Smile Together
Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition previously known as blood-poisoning and septicaemia.   Sepsis should never be underestimated.   It is a potentially life-threatening condition previously known as blood poisoning or septicaemia. As dental professionals we have a part to play in reducing the many avoidable deaths due to sepsis and so here at Smile Together,  we’re supporting [...]