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Article History

Received: 13 January 2025

Revised: 23 July 2025

Accepted: 29 July 2025

First Online: 5 January 2026

Ethics declaration

: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The audit ‘Compliance of the CDS with the Was Not Brought (WNB) pathway – Audit' was registered with the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust audit team under code: A0131. Ethical approval was not required for this service review and pathway development. Participants of the questionnaire chose whether to complete the confidential questionnaire and completion implied consent. Staff were made aware that their responses might be included in a publication. The service implementation was undertaken within the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. The project began in 2021 and completed in 2024. Jenny Harris and Jen Kirby of Community & Special Care Dentistry and Paediatric Dentistry, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are aware their original work was adapted to create the orange pathway resources, and of the aim to present in a publication.