We are well into week five of lockdown and we are wishing you all well.

Our team are working extremely hard behind the scenes to provide our lovely patients with the support and care they may need.

As previously mentioned we’d like to take the opportunity to shout far and wide about how proud of our team we are who are all working from home. We are here to answer any questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact us through our Facebook and Instagram.

The team got a little surprise on our Monday morning Zoom meeting…

Something we did not expect, the one and only Dr Guy Deeming resorting to getting rid of his hair!

Guy had a helping hand with his new do from his little helper.

We’ve noticed this seems to be a trend during lockdown. As we aren’t able to get to the hairdressers, many men are making the decision to shave it all off. We think he suits it do you?

Introducing our amazing Treatment Coordinator, Leanne

We wanted to end the week by showing appreciation to our one and only, Leanne – who is working tirelessly to support and care for patients digitally by providing contactless consultations through our Smile Mate application.

Once submitting your photographs, Leanne will be on the other end ready to look after you and provide you with the best care.

Leanne helps patients by recommending the best treatment options suited to their needs as well as guiding them through their patient journey. Leanne enjoys building relationships with our patients and we couldn’t be without her!

Leanne is the mum of the Queensway Orthodontics family (as well as being mum to her own two children Megan, 17 and Declan, 18). We love her positive energy and she is always there to help you with anything you need.

Leanne’s top tips for all the working mums out there on how to stay positive: go for a walk in the fresh air, listen to your favourite podcasts/audiobooks, cook something you haven’t tried before and give the teenagers jobs they might enjoy – make sure you reward them! (She also said on the tough days lots of wine!)

We like to call her our Girl Boss! 

Alongside appreciation posts for our team members that are working from home during this difficult period, we also want to shout about all the fantastic NHS and key workers out there that don’t have the luxury of working from home and are going into work everyday and putting themselves at risk to keep all of us safe.

Therefore, we want to introduce you to and applaud patient Rachel who is a staff nurse working on ward 8 at James Cook University Hospital. Normally she works with pre & post op patients having elective and non-elective surgery, however she is now working on a COVID ward looking after those who are critically ill due to this nasty virus. This is a huge change for her and her colleagues, they are working long 13 hour shifts, day/nights/weekends – sometimes not getting a bite to eat.

So this post Rachel, is dedicated to you and all your fantastic colleagues and to show our appreciation we have donated to the NHS just giving page to provide healthy meals for NHS workers.

Brace Brushes is our new online store that can provide patients all around the UK their brace and Invisalign accessories and supplies.

We launched our store during the Covid-19 outbreak to help our patients and non patients to get the supplies they need to keep their braces and teeth healthy if they are unable to access these normally.  We hope this helps you with everything you need.

Clinical Governance

This is an exciting opportunity to join Queensway Orthodontics and take responsibility in Clinical Governance within an expanding orthodontic business working across multiple sites in the North East.

Previous dental experience is desirable however not essential for this role.

You will be promoting quality procedures and compliance for the practice to ensure robust and safe patient care and smooth running of the practice with an accurate paper trail.

Please go to our Facebook for the full job description.

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to Colette Meek, Clinical Governance Lead.