Earlier this week, the College and Haleon presented The Dental Health Barometer – the organisations’ joint report on improving the provision of preventative oral healthcare – at a breakfast briefing held in Parliament.
Jon Elliott, Roshni Karia MCGDent, Simon Thornton-Wood PhD, Kate Fabrikant FCGDent
The meeting was one of a series of discussions being held with stakeholders to communicate and gather support for the recommendations identified in the report, which are based on the experience and insight of general dental professionals on how to bridge the gap between intentions and practical delivery of preventative care.
The research underlying the report included a survey of 2,000 UK dental patients and over 500 dental professionals which highlighted inconsistencies in the provision of preventative oral healthcare advice, and rich discussions held with 77 oral health professionals, in all dental team roles, in focus group meetings hosted at eight general dental practices throughout the UK.
Attendees at the meeting were:
- Sadik Al-Hassan MP (Labour, North Somerset)
- David Arnold (Director of Communications, Oral Health Foundation)
- Lewis Atkinson MP (Labour, Sunderland Central)
- Professor Avijit Banerjee FCGDent (Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry at King’s College London and Chair of the College’s Faculty of Dentists)
- Jon Elliott (Head of Corporate Affairs for Northern Europe, Haleon)
- Dr Kate Fabrikant FCGDent (Medical Affairs Director for Northern Europe, Haleon)
- Dr Elizabeth Fisher (Programme Lead for Children and Young People’s, Nuffield Trust)
- Dr Roshni Karia MCGDent (President of the College)
- Professor Philip Preshaw (President, British Society of Periodontology)
- Simon Thornton-Wood PhD (Chief Executive of the College)
- Dr Jason Wong MBE FCGDent (Chief Dental Officer, NHS England)
- Philip Worsfold (Head of Dental Public Health, Department of Health and Social Care)