title: Developing consumer involvement in primary dental care. Report of a half-day seminar held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 15th September 2008.
abstract: The seminar on developing consumer involvement in primary dental care, held during the morning of 15th September 2008, was a collaboration between the Lay Advisory Group and Research Committee of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) (FGDP[UK]). As Professor Mike Mulcahy (immediate past Dean of the Faculty) remarked during his address of welcome, it marked a new and exciting development in the Faculty's role in setting and maintaining professional standards for the benefit of patients. It brought together nearly 50 representatives of national bodies, such as the National Audit Office, consumer groups, the Faculty's Lay Advisory Group and Research Committee, the media and others. Many of the national bodies represented at the seminar had published reports on primary dental care during the last five years.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Batchelor
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Johns
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D003146:Communications Media; D003256:Community Participation; D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D003406:Credentialing; D003729:Dental Care; D005380:Financing, Government; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013218:State Dentistry; D006113:United Kingdom