Oxfordshire Oral Health Needs Assessment - Stakeholder survey

We want to know what you think about how to improve oral health and dental services in Oxfordshire.

This questionnaire is aimed at any professional working within or in contact or partnership with a range of oral health promotion/improvement services and NHS dental services in Oxfordshire. We would like to hear your views on current services offered in the county, as well as explore ways that these could be improved to better meet the needs of Oxfordshire's residents.

Results of this survey will go on to inform how Oxfordshire County Council will commission services that focus on the prevention of poor oral health.

More information about services

Oral Health Promotion/Improvement

Oxfordshire County Council Public Health currently commission a range of oral health promotion/improvement services locally. These services aim to:

• Improve knowledge of how to access NHS dental services
• Share relevant information/advice to improve oral health
• Help specific groups and backgrounds to access dental care with a priority focus on children, older people and vulnerable groups.

Their work currently includes training of health and non-health professionals, information and training for early years and primary schools, social media campaigns, signposting and partnership working. Also commissioned is the delivery of surveys annually in Oxfordshire completing clinical examinations on an agreed population in settings located within Oxfordshire.

NHS Dental Services

NHS Dental Services are available for when children and adults require general, community and specialist care, and hospital and out-of-hours urgent dental care services. This could be via a high street dental practice, community dental services (for those with additional needs e.g., learning or physical disabilities, mental health issues and those who require special dental care including orthodontics) or hospital dental services. In Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) have responsibility for commissioning NHS Dental Services.