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Have your say in NHS Dentistry review
- Dentists and their teams invited to engagement events countrywide -
Dentists and their teams from across the country are being asked to share their views on how to improve access and quality of NHS dentistry at a series of engagement events this spring, Professor Jimmy Steele, chair of the independent review team for NHS dentistry, announced today.
Since its appointment in December 2008, the review team has been investigating why there are variations in access to dentistry in England and how the NHS can deliver continuous improvements in the quality of care.
Dental professionals are invited to join NHS commissioners and patient representatives at any of the five engagement events being held in Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and London during April and May.
At the events, Professor Steele will discuss the emerging findings of the review with people involved in delivering and improving NHS dental services, inviting them to contribute to the development of recommendations.
Professor Jimmy Steele, chair of the Independent Dentistry Review Team said:
"I want to continue to listen to the views of dentists and their teams, patients and NHS staff and to take their advice on improving access, promoting prevention and ensuring NHS dentistry of the highest quality.
"The NHS dentistry review is giving me and the review team some very useful insights into what matters most to both patients and the dental profession. I'd like to encourage dentists and their teams to share their opinions at these events and help us start to develop our recommendations."
The results of the study, 'A Review of NHS Dentistry in England' will be published this summer.
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Notes to editors:
1. The engagement events will be held as follows:
London Tuesday 21 April 2009
Newcastle Wednesday 29 April 2009
Manchester Thursday 7 May 2009
Bristol Tuesday 12 May 2009
Birmingham Wednesday 13 May 2009
2. For further information on the engagement events and to register your place, please email dentistryreview@glasgows.co.uk or log on to http://www.glasgows.co.uk/dentistryreview
2. If you would prefer to contribute to the NHS dentistry review in writing, please send your views and recommendations to Jimmy Steele at dentistry.review@dh.gsi.gov.uk or Professor of Oral Health Research School of Dental Sciences Newcastle University Framlington Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW
3. Professor Jimmy Steele is the Chair in Oral Health Services Research at the School of Dental Sciences in Newcastle. He is a consultant in Restorative Dentistry for Newcastle Hospitals Trust. His research interests are in population oral health and health services. He has also worked on the 1998 Adult and 2003 Child Dental Health Surveys and on the national Diet and Nutrition Survey in the UK. He has specific expertise in the evolving trends in oral and dental health and how these impact on service needs, including extensive work with primary care.
4. The independent review team for NHS Dentistry comprises:
* Professor Jimmy Steele, Chair in Oral Health Services Research at the School of Dental Sciences in Newcastle
* Eric Rooney, Consultant in Dental Public Health, Cumbria PCT
* Janet Clarke, Clinical Director of Salaried Dental Services, Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT
Tom Wilson, Director of Contracts, Milton Keynes PCT
5. For further information on the NHS independent dentistry review, or to read Professor Jimmy Steel's blog, see: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Primarycare/Dental/DH_094048
6. Access to NHS dentistry is improving following record investment, an extra 655 NHS dentists in 2007/08 than last year and a continuing increase in the amount of services being bought by the NHS.
