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