Dental awards

Staff at the Dental Academy were awarded the ‘High Performing Education and Training Team of the Year’ for their enormous contribution working in and delivering education and training. The awards are organised by Health Education Wessex to recognise excellence in the NHS across Hampshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight and South Wiltshire. 

One of the programmes recognised was a supervised tooth-brushing programme designed to increase good oral health in young children. In the last year nearly 900 children have benefitted from the scheme.

The Dental Academy has also offered dental screening, oral health advice and treatment to nearly 200 isolated young males. Each week students visit them at a treatment centre for drug and substance misuse, a service for homeless young people and the probation service. 

Dental Academy director, Sara Holmes, said: “We’re passionate about looking after the health of people in the Portsmouth community and I am absolutely delighted that we have won an award. It’s really important we equip young professionals to deal with alternative clinical learning environments and I feel very proud that our work in this area has been recognised.”