Childsmile Early Years Pathway and Getting it Right for Every Child Peter King West Region Programme Manager

Childsmile is a national programme designed to improve the oral health of children in Scotland and reduce inequalities both in dental health and access to dental services. Focus for today – Childsmile Early Years Pathway

Background Pathway involves public health nurses, dental health support workers, dental nurses and dentists Pilot from Sept 2010 – March 2011 and reported in May 2011 Roll out to all health boards from October 2011 Based on ‘Getting it Right’ principles

Integration with Pre-school Child Health Surveillance Pathway initiated by referral decision at 6-8 week assessment Universal assessment Can record and track decision making Data linkage with dental databases at ISD 24-30 month assessment

Further Developments Local board areas developing wider access to patient management systems e.g. Lanarkshire and Ayrshire & Arran Data linkage piloting in Autumn 2012

Independent dental practices and GIRFEC A few steps behind Failed to attend protocols Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme Change to national contract (SDR)

Early Referral Data Showed 5966 referrals 1/10/2010-31/3/2011 Yes=1494, No=2274 Incomplete=2198! Introduction of ‘refused’ category Develop reports by variables e.g. HV number, SIMD