Agenda and minutes

1.1 The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting. There were no apologies.

·         Lesley Griffiths; Minister for Health and Social Services

·         Professor Ivor G Chestnutt; Professor and Hon. Consultant in Dental Public Health, Cardiff University School of Dentistry

·         Andrew Powell-Chandler; Head of Dental Policy  

2.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister and her officials to the meeting. Members questioned the Minister.

2.2 The Minister agreed to provide further information on:

·         The evaluation of the Design to Smile programme

·         The number of children within Local Health Board areas registered with Community Dental Service outside of the scheme.

·         Numbers of Children included in the worst quintile who are being targeted to raise levels to the middle quintile

·         Breakdown of schools included in the programme outside of the targeted areas by Local Authority

·         Number of Heath Visitors involved in the delivery of Design to Smile programme for the 0-3 elements and how the additional funding is provided.

·         The evaluation undertaken by previous Welsh Ministers on the possibility for water fluoridisation and supporting evidence.

Minutes of Previous Meeting

3.1 The Committee noted the following paper:

·         Minutes from the previous meeting

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