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Open letter calls for government reforms to tackle oral health inequalities

1 min read Children's dentistry
The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) has published an open letter to the UK’s health secretary. The society hopes the minister’s appointment will lead to dental reforms.

Following the 2024 general election, the prime minister has appointed Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North, as secretary of state for health and social care.

The communication outlines the BSPD’s commitment to work with the new Labour government on its pledge to “reduce oral health inequalities” amongst “the nation’s most vulnerable”.

Letter to secretary of state for health and social care

10 July 2024

Dear Secretary of State,

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD www.bspd.co.uk) warmly welcomes you to your new appointment as the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

As the President of BSPD, I am available, along with our society’s members to offer our expert guidance on what is needed to address the current crisis in paediatric dentistry in the UK. BSPD’s clinicians and academics are the leading authority in children’s oral health and best placed to advise on the most effective interventions. We are the expert voice of children’s oral health.

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