Dr Oosh Devalia: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- President, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD)
- Quoted on
- Dentistry access
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“BSPD welcomes today's announcement on NHS dental contract reform as a positive step and we look forward to seeing what this means for children and young people. Having a contract with prevention at its heart must be the way forward, and the recommendations we submitted during the consultation period are focused on ensuring that the children most in need are prioritised to receive the dental services they deserve.”
What Dr Oosh Devalia has said
“Care must be taken not to read too much into variations in the hospital episode statistics just released, since this information is not a complete data set. BSPD urges policymakers to keep a steady focus on the priorities that we know will help turn around children's oral health – such as supervised toothbrushing, community water fluoridation and early access to dental teams.”
President of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry · Dentistry access · 10 Sept 2026 · Cost of NHS tooth extractions up by five million pounds ↗
“BSPD welcomes the fact that more children and young people are now able to see a dentist when they have an urgent dental need. However, this is just the first step in rebuilding dental services.”
President of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry · Dentistry access · 10 Sept 2026 · Pledged 700,000 extra appointments expanded to non-urgent cases ↗
Where Dr Oosh Devalia has been quoted
- Major boost for millions of NHS dental patientsgov.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Cost of NHS tooth extractions up by five million poundsdentistry.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- Pledged 700,000 extra appointments expanded to non-urgent casesdentistry.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
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