Funding secured for community oral health programs in Shropshire

Shropshire Council has recently secured funding from NHS England to promote oral health to targeted communities. This will fund the distribution of toothbrushes and toothpaste to community venues across the county for children and adults.

Shropshire Council will also purchase oral health resources for targeted early years settings, alongside the Brilliant Brushers programme and other evidence-based oral health programmes.

Brilliant Brushers is a locally-developed programme to help improve the oral health of three to five-year-old children in day nurseries, nursery and reception classes, in areas where rates of tooth decay are considered to be high. Following training from Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust’s Healthy Smile team, staff supervise children brushing their teeth on a daily basis and encourage them to brush at home too.