Adults (including vulnerable
groups)
Mouth cancer
Improve mouth cancer provision to help address levels of diagnosis and mortality in Torbay
- Target Date: December 2025
- Partners: NHS Devon, DCC and PCC, CDS Teams
- Milestones:
- Ascertain current levels of community mouth cancer screening (via Community Dental Service)
- Implement a new screening programme for adults including specific vulnerable groups - people using drug, alcohol, homeless/rough sleeping and smoking cessation services
- Further information: ICB Steering Group agreed priority action
- Status: Not started
- National KPIs (incl LA data): PHOF - Mouth Cancer Diagnosis and Mortality rates
- Local KPIs: None
MECC (Making Every Contact Count)
Establish MECC provision for people using drug, alcohol, homeless/rough sleeping and smoking cessation services
- Target Date: December 2025
- Partners: NHS Devon, DCC & PCC,CDS Teams Drug & Alcohol, Lifestyle and Homeless services
- Milestones:
- Develop resources/guidance regarding mouth cancer signs and symptoms, including advice on general oral health and dental access, for health professionals and the voluntary sector working with people using drug, alcohol, homeless/rough sleeping and smoking cessation services
- Distribute when complete
- Further information: ICB Steering Group agreed priority action
- Status: Not started
- National KPIs (incl LA data): None available
- Local KPIs: Local TBC
Dental Provision for homeless/rough sleepers
Create a new pathway for homeless/rough sleepers
- Target Date: December 2025
- Partners: NHS Devon, DCC and PCC, CDS Teams Drug & Alcohol and Homeless services
- Milestones:
- Funding and model agreed for Devon wide pathway
- Service/pathway launches
- Further information: ICB Steering Group agreed priority action.
- Status: Not started
- National KPIs (incl LA data): None available
- Local KPIs: KPIs TBC based on ICB service spec and contract
Learning disabilities
Improve oral health and dental access knowledge & awareness in the learning disability community/service support teams
- Target Date: December 2025
- Partners: NHS Devon, DCC and PCC, CDS Teams, Adult Social Care
- Milestones:
- Develop bespoke advice and guidance on oral health and dental pathways for adults with learning disabilities and their carers/support workers
- Ascertain contact routes and cohort numbers via Adult Social Care
- Distribute when complete
- Further information: ICB Steering Group agreed priority action.
- Status: Not started
- National KPIs (incl LA data): None available
- Local KPIs: Local TBC
Food banks
Support people accessing foodbanks to improve their oral health, including oral health packs (toothbrushes and toothpaste) and information leaflets.
- Target Date: December 2025
- Partners:NHS Devon, DCC and PCC, local food bank network
- Milestones:
- Ascertain current food bank network and best means of contact
- Scope costs and availability of oral health packs
- Further information:
- Opportunity to amplify through ICB Steering Group
- Local/ICB funding not secured yet
- Status: Not started
- National KPIs (incl LA data): None available
- Local KPIs: Local TBC
Devon wide Oral Health Promotion Service
Support people accessing foodbanks to improve their oral health, including oral health packs (toothbrushes and toothpaste) and information leaflets.
- Target Date: September 2025
- Partners: NHS Devon, DCC and PCC, local food bank network
- Milestones: Scope the potential to disaggregate the oral health promotion funding of Community Dentistry Teams in Devon to potentially fund a Devon wide Oral Health Promotion Team to promote oral health throughout the lifecourse based on the outreach model currently being delivered in One Cornwall
- Further information: ICB Steering Group agreed action - NHS Devon Hub / ICB Commissioners researching potential to amend CDS contract prior to renewal in Sept 2025 via internal process
- Status: Not started
- National KPIs (incl LA data): None available
- Local KPIs: Local TBC
Older Adults
Guidance for care homes and domiciliary care