The British Society of Gerodontology (BSG) Oral Health Promotion Working Group has been working on a national resource to promote improved mouth care for the older person. Promoting oral people's health: essential guide for nurses was created in collaboration with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Department of Health.

The publication was despatched to nurses in February and promoted in the Nursing Standard and Nursing Older People.

The BSG hopes that oral health promoters will bring the publication to the attention of the Lead Nurse for their PCT and encourage it to be adopted as the Trust Policy for use on their hospital wards. Registered nurses working in nursing homes can also be encouraged to adopt the information in the guide.