North West Oral Health Network Conference 2026 -Oral Health Across the Life Course. Celebrating 40 years of the North West Oral Health Network - (NW261125A)

Programme

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Registration from 9am

This course is for The North West Oral Health Network only.

To become a member of the Network please contact Cecilia Jaques on 01257 245409 or via email at cecilia.jaques@lthtr.nhs.uk

Please note that your name and email address will be shared with the Oral Health Network for booking purposes.

*Please note this course is fully subsidised by The North West Oral Health Network, if you fail to attend this session without giving 2 weeks notice you will be charged a cancellation fee of £30.

Recommended to all

Helen Tutty: Healthy lifestyles from pregnancy through to early childhood.

To provide guidance and advice for different ages and stages around breast/ bottle feeding, weaning and dietary intake from pregnancy to five years

Michael Viggars: GULP

To give an overview of the GULP programme

Chris Henniker: Oral Health and Youth Vaping/Smoking

The training is intended to support practitioners to deliver brief, age appropriate harm reduction and safety advice in clinical settings, and confidently signpost individuals and families to appropriate local and national support services where there are concerns about smoking, vaping, nicotine use or wider vulnerabilities

Emma Hall-Scullin: Assessing oral health in the North West

To help delegates understand how oral health is assessed in the North West and how epidemiological and routinely available data can inform oral health improvement, service planning and commissioning decisions.

Helen Tutty: Healthy lifestyles from pregnancy through to early childhood.

Increase awareness of healthy lifestyles and impact on health.

Increase confidence of different services/agencies to make every contact count in relation to healthy lifestyles

Increase awareness of support for signposting/ referring families to

Michael Viggars: GULP

• An awareness of the key messages of GULP campaign
• Review of local campaigns and case studies
• Review of the impact and evaluation of the campaign
• Provide information on how organisations can participate

Chris Henniker: Oral Health and Youth Vaping/Smoking

• Distinguish between adult vaping as a harm reduction tool versus the risks associated with young people who vape
• Explore evidence on the oral health impacts of smoking and vaping in youth, noting emerging risks and research gaps
• Recognise trends in smoking and vaping among young people, including common products and motivations
• Communicate clearly with patients around vaping and relative risks, harm reduction and signposting

Emma Hall-Scullin: Assessing oral health in the North West

• Describe the main sources of oral health data used in the North West, including dental epidemiology surveys and routinely available datasets.
• Explain how oral health data can be interpreted to understand population need, inequalities and trends over time.
• Illustrate how data can support prioritisation, prevention, service planning and commissioning across local systems.

Helen Tutty: Healthy lifestyles from pregnancy through to early childhood.

Attendees increased knowledge and confidence to speak with families around healthy lifestyles and impact on dental and physical health

Michael Viggars: GULP

Delegates will have an understanding of the role Health Equalities Group plays and the GULP campaign

Chris Henniker: Oral Health and Youth Vaping/Smoking

• Have increased their understanding of youth vaping trends and drivers.
• Are aware of the oral and general health considerations relating to vaping in young people.
• Understand the legal context surrounding under 18 vaping and nicotine products

Emma Hall-Scullin: Assessing oral health in the North West

• Identify key oral health data sources relevant to assessing population oral health in the North West.
• Recognise how oral health inequalities can be described using epidemiological and routine data.
• Apply oral health intelligence to support evidence-informed prevention, planning and commissioning discussions.