What the buyer wrote
Local Authorities have a statutory duty to provide or commission oral health improvement programmes to improve the health of the local population, to the extent they consider appropriate. Oral diseases, including the most common oral health conditions - tooth decay and gum disease- are largely preventable. Despite this, the impact of poor oral health locally, nationally and globally is huge. In the UK context, treatment of oral health conditions cost the NHS over £3 billion per year but the cost to society is even greater. Among older adults in residential care, poor oral hygiene can lead to aspirated pneumonia and malnutrition and dehydration, which in turn can lead to urinary tract infecti…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Oral Health in Care Homes
- How they are buying
- Given to one supplier, no competitionNobody else was asked, and the buyer has to be able to justify that.
- Type
- services
- Where
- in the North West
- Kind of work
- Residential and supported living
Who the buyer named
Emily Molden was the named contact on this notice.