Dr Rachael England is Head of Coverage and Advocacy on the Oral Well being Basis, main nationwide and global paintings to fortify oral well being coverage and cut back inequalities.
A dental hygienist and public well being knowledgeable, she has greater than 25 years’ revel in in oral well being management throughout the United Kingdom, Center East and Africa. Her occupation spans frontline medical care, world well being coverage, analysis, and large-scale advocacy programmes.
Rachael is an skilled spokesperson and coverage chief, incessantly running with governments, skilled our bodies, NGOs and global organisations to translate proof into sensible, system-level alternate.
Spaces she is enthusiastic about
- Prevention-focused public well being coverage.
- Decreasing oral well being inequalities and making improvements to get right of entry to to care.
- Sugar relief and fitter meals environments.
- Integrating oral well being into number one healthcare and NCD coverage.
- Group-based care and team of workers building.
- Proof-informed advocacy and behavior alternate.
Revel in highlights
- Former dental nurse and dental hygienist, Royal Air Pressure, supporting operational well being readiness.
- First dental hygienist to earn a Doctorate in Public Well being.
- Public Well being Supervisor, FDI International Dental Federation, main world advocacy programmes and coverage building.
- Lead writer and contributor to global place statements, white papers and advocacy guides on sugar, get right of entry to to care and number one healthcare integration.
- Convened high-level coverage roundtables with ministries of well being and schooling, nationwide dental associations and world well being companions.
- Fellow, School of Common Dentistry.
- Founding father of oral well being charity Maasai Molar, integrating oral healthcare into number one care in Kenya.
