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| Thousands of Nottinghamshire patients recalled over virus risk | Thousands of Nottinghamshire patients recalled over virus risk |
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| Some 22,000 patients of a Nottinghamshire dentist are to be recalled for tests to see if they have been infected with blood-borne viruses. | Some 22,000 patients of a Nottinghamshire dentist are to be recalled for tests to see if they have been infected with blood-borne viruses. |
| The dentist, who has not yet been identified, has been suspended, NHS England has confirmed. | The dentist, who has not yet been identified, has been suspended, NHS England has confirmed. |
| Experts have recommended all the dentist's patients are screened. | Experts have recommended all the dentist's patients are screened. |
| The dentist, who is not HIV positive, treated patients in Nottingham over a 32-year period. It is understood the risk to patients is low. | |
| Health chiefs will hold a news conference later. | Health chiefs will hold a news conference later. |
| The dentist was suspended following a suspected breach of infection control standards, BBC news correspondent Richard Lister said. | The dentist was suspended following a suspected breach of infection control standards, BBC news correspondent Richard Lister said. |
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| NHS England has taken advice from experts and they stress the risk of blood- borne infections being passed to the dentists' patients is low. | |
| But they have recommended that screening is offered. | |
| Tracing the 22,000 patients treated by this dentist over 30 years will be easier said than done. | |
| Some of them will have moved out of the area and others may have died. |