The Oral Well being Basis is proud to current its manifesto, ‘Prevention, care, schooling: A individuals’s manifesto for improved oral well being within the UK.’ As we strategy the 2024 Basic Election, we name upon the long run authorities to prioritise oral well being as a key side of total well-being.

Oral well being is important to our day by day lives and must be a proper for all, not a privilege for some. Our manifesto outlines a imaginative and prescient the place oral well being just isn’t sidelined however is recognised for its significance within the nationwide healthcare dialog.

Dr Nigel Carter, OBE, Chief Govt of the Oral Well being Basis, says: “Our manifesto is a cross-party enchantment for a more healthy nation. We urge all political events to unite in reworking oral well being care, shifting previous short-term guarantees to implement lasting options.”

Our manifesto is constructed on three pillars:

  • Preventive measures: Championing water fluoridation, day by day oral care routines, common dental visits, and fluoride therapies to forestall illness and promote well being.
  • Entry to high-quality care: Advocating for an built-in healthcare system that ensures well timed and efficient dental look after all.
  • Funding in schooling: Closing the data hole with strong instructional programmes, particularly for our youngsters and marginalised communities.

We suggest ten insurance policies to revolutionise oral well being within the UK, together with:

  1. A reformed NHS dental contract centered on prevention.
  2. Nationwide water fluoridation to fight tooth decay.
  3. Revitalised oral well being promotion groups for public schooling.
  4. Enhanced toothbrushing applications in colleges.
  5. A complete sugar tax and promoting restrictions to fight unhealthy diets.
  6. Progressive laws to part out smoking amongst future generations.
  7. Devoted funding for oral well being instructional campaigns.
  8. Integration of oral well being into the overall well being system.
  9. Growth of the dental workforce and profession growth.
  10. Making dental care extra inexpensive for everybody.

Your voice issues

Oral well being has been neglected for too lengthy, impacting our high quality of life and the nation’s productiveness. It is time to change that.

Assist our manifesto and assist us make oral well being a precedence for the UK.

Obtain ‘Prevention, care, schooling: A individuals’s manifesto for improved oral well being within the UK’ and share it along with your native election candidates.

You possibly can discover out who’s standing within the upcoming basic election and e mail them the manifesto, together with why you imagine their assist will change the oral well being panorama in your space.

It’s also possible to share the manifesto with election candidates on social media. How about utilizing these pattern posts for X as a information….

Put up 1: Expensive [Tag your local candidate], as your constituent, I urge you to learn the @dentalhealthorg’s manifesto. It is time to prioritise oral well being in our neighborhood. Prevention, care, and schooling can remodel lives. Please assist this trigger. #OralHealthPriority www.dentalhealth.org/manifesto2024 🦷

Put up 2: [Tag your local candidate], oral well being is significant for our well-being, and the @dentalhealthorg’s new manifesto lays out a transparent path for enchancment. As somebody who values well being in our constituency, I ask you to contemplate their suggestions for a more healthy future. #OralHealthPriority www.dentalhealth.org/manifesto2024 🦷

It’s also possible to write to them by way of e mail. Obtain our template letter and seek for your native candidates particulars by placing your postcode into the Electoral Fee’s web site.

Keep in mind to interchange [Tag your local candidate] with their precise social media deal with to make sure they see your message. These posts are designed to be private and direct, encouraging native candidates to interact with the manifesto and take motion on oral well being points. 📣  


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