Argyll Bute CHP John F Herrick Clinical Director
Argyll & Bute CHP John F Herrick Clinical Director Salaried Primary Care Dental Service
Dental Services in Argyll & Bute Provided by • Independent General Dental Service High Street dental practices • Salaried General Dental Service • Community Dental Service • Hospital Dental Service Orthodontics, Oral Surgery
Independent GDS Oban – 1 practice, formerly 2 Tarbert Campbeltown Dunoon Rothesay Helensburgh – 4 practices
Salaried GDS Tobermory Bowmore Lochgilphead Lochgoilhead Furnace Dunoon Helensburgh Oban
Community Dental Service (CDS) Lorn & Islands DGH Argyll & Bute Hospital Campbeltown Hospital Dunoon Hospital Rothesay Health Centre Victoria Infirmary, Helensburgh
Hospital Dental Service Orthodontics Consultant Service (Advice and treatment) • Lorn & Islands DGH • Lochgilphead • Furnace (Advice only) • Bowmore • Campbeltown
Hospital Dental Service Oral Surgery Consultant Service • Lorn & Islands DGH All other Specialist Services provided at Glasgow Dental Hospital
SEHD Initiatives An Action Plan for improving oral health and modernising NHS dental services in Scotland Review of the Salaried Primary Care Dental Services
Action Plan • • • Increase Increase Scotland dentists by 50 per year students by 15% to 135 therapist training to 45 yearly dental nurse training to 250 yearly funding on NHS dentistry in by 75% over three years
Action Plan • Simplify “Item of Service” payments for High Street Dentists • Increase Practice Allowances for High Street Dentists • NHS Committed practices
Action Plan Oral health improvement • • • 0 -2 years - Pre-nursery 3 -5 years – Nursery school 5 -11 years – Primary school 12 -18 years – Secondary school Adults and older people
Action Plan infrastructure • Improvement of premises health & safety, decontamination and disability issues “teach and treat “ centres • Support for IT expansion common clinical system in Scotland • NHS net facilities in every practice/clinic
Action Plan responsive services • Access to dental advice, support via NHS 24 • Increase funding to NHS Boards to provide emergency and out-of-hours services • NHS Boards to appoint salaried practitioners to meet local needs • NHS Boards to provide “help-lines”
Dental Facilities in A&B CHP improvements • Mid Argyll Hospital – three new surgeries • Mull – two new surgeries, Tobermory and Bunessan • Dunoon Hospital – new third surgery • Helensburgh – upgrade • Furnace – upgrade • Tiree – upgrade • Lochgoilhead - upgrade
Dental Facilities in A&B CHP • • Oban Access centre Campbeltown Access Centre Bute Access Centre Islay Access Centre
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