Oral Health Promotion Service for Children and Young People

Under 'The Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representative) Regulations 2013', local authorities (LAs) are responsible for public health services for residents in their area. Alongside this, there is a statutory requirement to commission or provide oral health promotion services to improve the health of the local population to an extent that they consider appropriate in their areas (The NHS Bodies and Local Authorities (Partnership Arrangements, Care Trusts, Public Health and Local Healthwatch) Regulations 2012). To fulfil this responsibility, commissioners are seeking to procure an oral health promotion service with a specific focus on children and young people and, specifically, those key health inclusion groups at highest risk of poor oral health outcomes e.g. children living in the most deprived areas of the county, children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), children cared for by the LA.<br/><br/>The proposed service will deliver the following services:<br/>* Supervised toothbrushing across early years settings (in line with the national supervised toothbrushing programme)<br/>* Targeted oral health promotion interventions for children and families at highest risk of poor health outcomes<br/>* Oral health promotion training to frontline health and social care staff supporting a making every contact count approach<br/>* Wider system collaboration for improving overall health, oral health and links with dental services. Additional information: To access the eProcurement portal to access relevant documentation relating this<br/>opportunity, please follow the instructions below:<br/>1. Go to https://atamis-7669.my.site.com/s/Welcome<br/>(and click the link to register (If your organisation has not registered previously)<br/>2. Once registered, login into the system and look for ' WSCC -Oral Health Promotion Service' under the reference number 'C23973',<br/>This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice inviting offers via a Competitive Process.<br/>The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.<br/>For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this procurement.