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Report aims to boost domiciliary care visits
A report that highlights the decline in domiciliary care visits by GDPs has been launched by the Scottish Dental Needs Assessment Programme (SDNAP).
The number of domiciliary dental care visits among GDPs has halved in the last ten years, down from 30,712 in 2000 to 13,771 in 2008. The SDNAP working group looked at the provision of domiciliary dental care in Scotland, identified gaps in the service and made recom- mendations for the future. Euan Thomson, the GDP on the working group, said: “There are a number of reasons for the fall in visits from GDPs with two of the main ones being level of
Above: (l-r) Working group members Tracey Welbury, Euan Thomson, Derek Richards, Maura Edwards, Petrina Sweeney and Karen Gordon
financial remuneration and lack of adequate equipment. “A proposal in this report is to pay GDPs a sessional rate for visits and make grants available for specialised equipment.” The Domiciliary Dental Care Needs Assessment Reportwas
produced alongside Caring for Smiles– a guide for trainers to deliver oral care in care homes.
® For more information on SDNAP and its reports, visit
www.scottishdental.org
Siggi goes forth with dental unit
After 25 years working with DentalMan and Lysta
promoting their mobile dental units in the UK, Siggi Jokumsen (above with
good friend Boris Johnson) has set out on his own.
Through his new company, Newcodent, Siggi has developed a complete portable dental unit that is lightweight and includes a wide range of instrumentation.
® For more information, please call Newcodent Ltd on 01844 213399 or visit
www.newcodent.com
Scottish Dental magazine 67
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