8 February 2011

Valentine’s opening for new Sandwell NHS dental practice

The opening date has been set for a brand new NHS dental practice in the
Great Bridge area of Sandwell.

The Bridge Park Dental Practice will open on Monday, 14 February in state-
of-the-art premises on Great Bridge Street.

To mark the occasion free oral health packs for adults and children are being
given to people who come into the new practice in its opening week.

Two dentists and a team of dental nurses and reception staff will be working
at the new premises on Black Country Park, near Asda.

The new dental practice will provide a range of services including checks-ups,
full courses of treatment and oral health promotion under the NHS.

Staff at the practice, which will be run by Primecare Oral Health Services
Limited, are currently registering people who want to become patients at the
practice.

Anyone who would like to register at the practice can do so by calling 0330
1239118 and speaking to a member of the dedicated registration team.

Sarah Campbell, Operational Director for Primecare Oral Health Services

Limited, said: “We are really pleased to be opening this new NHS dental
facility in Sandwell, in partnership with Sandwell Primary Care Trust.

“Making an appointment could not be simpler and the extended opening

times, including Saturday mornings, means it is easier for people to see a
dentist and improve oral health.”
 Anna Smith, Consultant in Dental Public Health at Sandwell Primary Care
Trust said: "I am really pleased that a new, NHS dental practice is opening in
Great Bridge as it will enable more people than ever to see an NHS dentist in
high quality, local practice.”

The new dental practice will provide checks-ups, full courses of treatment and
oral health promotion under the NHS.

The practice will open six days a week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from
9am to 6pm; from 9am till 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 9am till
1pm on Saturdays.

More information about the practice is available from the practice is available
at www.bridgeparkdental.co.uk or by calling 0330 1239118.

ENDS
Notes for editors:
• Sandwell Primary Care Trust is the commissioner of health services for
people in Sandwell.
• Primecare Oral Health Services Limited is a division of Nestor Primecare
Services Limited.

For more details information about the practice, including requests for a tour
of the premises, please contact Peta Wolstencroft on 0121 214 3763 or 07702
959 993