Posts Tagged ‘oral care’
Free dental checks to be made available for the self-employed in Ireland
Around 500,000 self-employed people in Ireland will be able to access free dental check-ups as part of a scheme revealed in last year’s budget. The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that self-employed people and farmers and dependent spouses will be entitled to one free check-up or eye test per year according to new guidelines, […]
NICE releases new guidelines for improved oral care in care homes
The National Institute for Health Care and Excellence (NICE) has released new guidelines to improve standards of oral care in care homes. The move comes after figures suggested that more than half of adults living in care homes suffer from dental decay; the figures are higher than those associated with older people living in their […]
