Oral health improvement programmes commissioned by local authorities

Local authorities have statutory duties for oral health improvement and dental public health conferred through The Health and Social Care Act (2012). In order to support local authorities in this new role, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and Public Health England have published guidance and toolkits. This stocktake, undertaken in 2017, shows for the first time the oral health improvement interventions targeting 0-5 year-olds, currently commissioned by local authorities in England. This information can be used by local authorities to compare themselves against the national picture and will enable targeted support