The Functions of Primary Care Trusts (Dental Public Health) (England) Regulations 2006

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(a) until the coming into force of section 58 of the Water Act 2003[2] (fluoridation of water supplies), fluoridation arrangements made under section 87(5) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (fluoridation of water supplies at request of health authorities); and

(b) upon the coming into force of section 58 of the Water Act 2003, fluoridation arrangements made under new section 87(1) (fluoridation of water supplies at request of relevant authorities) of the Water Industry Act 1991.

Exercise of functions of Primary Care Trusts
     2. —(1) A Primary Care Trust shall have the following functions in England.

    (2) A Primary Care Trust shall provide, or secure the provision of, the following, to the extent that it considers necessary to meet all reasonable requirements within its area—

(a) oral health promotion programmes;

(b) dental inspection of pupils in attendance at schools maintained by local education authorities; and

(c) oral health surveys to facilitate—


(i) the assessment and monitoring of oral health needs,

(ii) the planning and evaluation of oral health promotion programmes,

(iii) the planning and evaluation of the provision of primary and specialist dental services, and

(iv) the monitoring and reporting of the effect of water fluoridation programmes.

    (3) A Primary Care Trust shall participate in any oral health survey required by the Department of Health as part of a survey conducted or sponsored under section 5(2)(d) of the Act [3] (other services).


Rosie Winterton
Minister of State, Department of Health

26th January 2006

[2] 2003 c.37. Section 58 prospectively substitutes section 87 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (1991 c.56).back

[3] Subsection (2) of section 5 has been amended by section 1 of the Public Health Laboratory Service Act 1979, (c. 23), and S.I. 2002/2759.back