The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Humza Yousaf MSP, wrote a letter to all NHS dental teams explaining the immediate next steps for the multiplier and the wider engagement programme with the sector on reform. A copy of the letter can be viewed below.
The Oral Health Improvement Plan (OHIP), the wide-ranging engagement between Scottish Government and the profession, highlighted a broad consensus within the sector for an administratively simpler and more clinically focused system. We believe that in order to do this we have to first start with the list of treatments that we think should be included…
A recently revised fluoride recommendations paper last published by the CsDPH group in 2017 is available to download. The summary of key changes include: Recognition of joint Water Fluoridation statement. Updated references (new version of DBOH). Strengthened messaging around high strength fluoride toothpaste.