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NHS dental survey programme

  • Document type:
    Dear colleague letter
  • Author:
    Department of Health; Barry Cockcroft, Chief Dental Officer (England)
  • Published date:
    3 April 2007
  • Primary audience:
    Chief executives, Public health
  • Publication format:
    Electronic format only
  • Gateway reference:
    8096
  • Pages:
    1
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

This letter from the Chief Dental Officer to primary care trust chief executives outlines the legal requirements with regard to dental surveys and their importance in the local commissioning of dental services. A dental health survey of 5 year old children will be undertaken in 2007/08 as part of the NHS rolling programme of dental surveys.

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