Dental report

Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire works to help local people get the best out of their local health and social care services. Whether it's improving them today or helping to shape them for tomorrow, Healthwatch East Riding of Yorkshire is all about local voices being able to influence the delivery and design of local services. Not just people who use them now, but anyone who might need to in the future.

Healthwatch East Riding work to the patients’ needs and concerns. This report is not aimed at identifying bad practice or finding venues that are not up to standard, the report aims to find out what young people think of their dentist, do they go on a regular basis and do they even have a dentist? If not, why not?

The findings of the report suggest the reality is, according to the young people who spoke to Healthwatch East Riding and took part in the survey, there really is not much wrong with the dental services being offered to young people in the East Riding of Yorkshire. At the time of starting this investigation access was an issue that we felt young people needed addressing. Certainly in some individual cases there are examples of lack of appointments or young people not being able to register with a dentist. However, across the board the majority of results indicate that not only do young people under the age of 25 have access to their dentists but they also think that they run a great service.