Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, The John Bull Building, Plymouth Science Park, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8BU, UK.
Br Dent J. 2021 May;230(10):642-643. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-3020-1. Epub 2021 May 28.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need to build back dental services in a more equitable way that targets oral health inequalities and addresses persistently poor oral health in socially excluded groups.The aim of this article is to introduce the concept of social enterprise in dentistry, to discuss the role of social enterprise in the wider NHS and its place in the NHS Long Term Plan, and to highlight some of the benefits for patients, communities and the system that social enterprises can offer.
COVID-19 大流行凸显了以更公平的方式重建牙科服务的必要性，以解决口腔健康不平等问题，并改善社会排斥群体中持续存在的口腔健康状况不佳问题。本文的目的是介绍牙科领域的社会企业概念，讨论社会企业在更广泛的 NHS 中的作用及其在 NHS 长期计划中的地位，并强调社会企业可为患者、社区和整个系统带来的一些益处。
