Two papers are available on the 18 weeks website to explain how the wider principles that underpin the 18 week target apply to dental specialties. Applying 18 weeks rules to dental specialities explains how the principles and rules set out in the generic 18 week clock rules paper apply to dental specialties. Delivering 18 weeks in dentistry: maximum impact – shorter pathways aims to prompt PCTs and acute providers to consider ways in which the patient pathway can be shortened to help deliver 18 weeks in consultant-led dental services. (Delivering the 18 week patient pathway - dentistry)
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