Monday, 6 February 2012
Vascular Surgery Services
The Acting Chair of the Portsmouth LINk, Terry Carter, has posted an article summarising the current position regarding Vascular Surgery Services in Portsmouth. The article is published under the “View from the Chair” banner (left).
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Childrens' Dental Health Project
The Portsmouth LINk Steering Group has decided that a project to investigate the health of childrens’ teeth in the City of Portsmouth has high merit.
At the time of writing this Blog Article 11 members of the 14 strong Steering Group thought that a project was worthwhile.
As a background, Portsmouth has some of the worst oral health nationally and the city’s children have some of the highest number of decayed and missing teeth. An index measuring oral health in terms of the average number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) produces a national average in England of 1.45. The index for Portsmouth is 1.78.
At the Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting of the 13 Sep 2011 the committee recommended a 2 year breathing space before the issue of fluoridation of water supplies is once again debated. Therefore the LINk will try to discover through a commissioned research programme, what is currently undertaken by way of education concerning the care of childrens' teeth in the City.
At the time of writing this Blog Article 11 members of the 14 strong Steering Group thought that a project was worthwhile.
As a background, Portsmouth has some of the worst oral health nationally and the city’s children have some of the highest number of decayed and missing teeth. An index measuring oral health in terms of the average number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) produces a national average in England of 1.45. The index for Portsmouth is 1.78.
At the Health Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting of the 13 Sep 2011 the committee recommended a 2 year breathing space before the issue of fluoridation of water supplies is once again debated. Therefore the LINk will try to discover through a commissioned research programme, what is currently undertaken by way of education concerning the care of childrens' teeth in the City.
Transfer of Care
The Portsmouth Local Involvement Network has been investigating the topic of Transfer From Care for over a year. During this period of time a Public Meeting has been conducted, a Report has been commissioned and published, and various visits to the discharge department of Queen Alexandra Hospital have been carried out.
These are just a small number of the initiatives which attempt to grapple with this complex and weighty problem.
The LINk has now decided to commission dedicated research into this area and is preparing for this undertaking by reviewing documentation and hearsay evidence gleaned at public meetings and the all important project scope.
If you have information which you would like to contribute to this project please email the LINk Support Officer (see “Contact Us” Page of the Blog).
These are just a small number of the initiatives which attempt to grapple with this complex and weighty problem.
The LINk has now decided to commission dedicated research into this area and is preparing for this undertaking by reviewing documentation and hearsay evidence gleaned at public meetings and the all important project scope.
If you have information which you would like to contribute to this project please email the LINk Support Officer (see “Contact Us” Page of the Blog).
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