Critics question the health secretary’s proposed reforms as the health service continues to reel from the coronavirus crisis. Image: Health Secretary Matt Hancock unveiled government plans for a shake-up of the health system The COVID pandemic has made a re-organisation of the NHS “more not less urgent”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told MPs, as […]
News Archive
Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
Our news database is categorized by country, state/province, and industry. This collection of articles is constantly being updated with the most recent global news on fluoride-related issues and events.
What are the potential NHS reforms in England?
A proposed extensive shake-up of the NHS in England could place more power in the hands of politicians and reduce the role of the private sector in the health service. A leaked document suggests that forthcoming major reforms, scheduled for introduction next year, could undo large parts of legislation brought in under the Conservative and […]
U.K. Ministers Seek More Control Over National Health Service
The U.K. government is planning reforms that would enable ministers to take more control of the nation’s health provider. Ministers are seeking new powers, including the ability to put fluoride in water to improve dental hygiene, put warnings on sausages and order the National Health Service to tackle obesity, the Times reported Saturday, without citing […]
Harmful misinformation
Sir, you rightly identify the harm that is being caused by the spread of misinformation in your excellent article.1 The dental world is familiar with the work of conspiracy theorists through the activities of anti-fluoridation activists and historical dental amalgam-related scare stories. The British Fluoridation Society is working with colleagues world-wide to develop and implement […]
Fipronil: Flea treatment contamination of rivers ‘conjecture’ – NOAH
Note from Fluoride Action Network For more information see Adverse Effects, Index Page, Older Abstracts, EU 2013 Review.Molecular structure of Fipronil The organisation representing the UK’s veterinary pharmaceutical sector says “it has not been demonstrated” flea products cause the imidacloprid and fipronil contamination reported in English rivers. In a comprehensive statement released following the paper […]
The British Fluoridation Society
Who founded BFS and why? The late, great Labour MP Dick Crossman was instrumental in the creation of The British Fluoridation Society (BFS) in 1969. As Secretary of State for Health and Social Services he could see the need for an independent organisation to communicate the benefits of water fluoridation. BFS became the scientific and […]
CHILDSMILE. Evaluation of a national complex oral health improvement programme: a population data linkage cohort study in Scotland.
Abstract Objectives Child dental caries is a global public health challenge with high prevalence and wide inequalities. A complex public health programme (Childsmile) was established. We aimed to evaluate the reach of the programme and its impact on child oral health. Setting Education, health and community settings, Scotland-wide. Interventions Childsmile (national oral health improvement programme) […]
LETTER – Crazy that Government plans to mass medicate
LETTER – Crazy that Government plans to mass medicate It is six years since Public Health England threw in the towel and accepted that it was wrong to add fluoride to our tap water against the wishes of local people. It seem frankly crazy that Government Ministers are now signalling a further attempt to roll […]
British Fluoridation Society: plans and predictions in a post-COVID world
How important is fluoridation in a post-COVID world? The appeal of water fluoridation has never been greater. COVID-19 and the consequent imperative to avoid aerosol generating procedures (AGP) underscore how counter-intuitive it is to be treating disease when it could and should be prevented. COVID has informed us that we need to invest in public […]
Evaluating the environmental impact of the Welsh national childhood oral health improvement programme, Designed to Smile
Abstract: Introduction: Designed to Smile (D2S) is a national oral health improvement programme, aimed to reduce the prevalence of dental caries in young children in Wales. D2S has a responsibility to consider the environmental impact of the service it provides and demonstrate adherence to the sustainable development principle legislated within the Wellbeing of Future Generations […]