On Monday 15^th February at the Woking Borough Council Overview and Scruting committee meeting a presentation was given on NHS Surrey.  In answer to questions by Cllr Ian Johnson we were told that much was being done to improve the availability of dental services in Woking.  I pressed for further details about what was being done and as these were not available on the night I have been promised them in due course.  I will post them here once I have them.

I expressed concern regarding another aspect of the presentation that NHS Surrey is currently rated as fair (equivalent to a 3 on a scale of 1 to 4 with 1 being the best) for both the quality of care offered and for the use of resources.  My concern was that with the likely affects of an aging population in Surrey and with future financial pressures what is being done to ensure that NHS Surrey does not slip from fair to weak.  Unfortunately I was not heartened by the reply, which I would have expected to be full of terms like innovation, efficiency and best practice instead the reply seemed to suggest nothing of the sort, leaving us to wonder how weak will be avoided.