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Individuals and organisations are being encouraged to contribute to the Department of Health’s consultation framework for community water fluoridation (CWF).1 The Health and Care Bill, currently going through parliament, sets out some changes to the water fluoridation legislation in England. If it becomes law, the Bill will allow the Secretary of State – instead of […]

The council had planned to do so prior to the Covid-19 pandemic but plans were met with resistance from some areas The leader of Northumberland County Council has reiterated a commitment to adding fluoride to more of the county’s water supply in a bid to improve the oral health of residents. Plans to extend the […]

About the author: Dr Barry Cockcroft CBE is the former Chief Dental Officer for England and current chair of the British Fluoridation Society. About the publication: The Probe provides news, comment, analysis and features covering all aspects of the UK dental sector.  Although the Health and Care Bill is still to complete its passage through […]

Patients struggle to get treatment as report says health service has lowest number of dentists for a decade ‘My teeth still hurt’: patients unable to get on to NHS dentists’ lists Dentists generally each have a caseload of about 2,000 patients. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA Sun 1 May 2022 18.00 BST, Last modified on Mon 2 […]

Applies to England Summary Government is seeking views on future water fluoridation consultation process. This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 3 June 2022 Consultation description The Health and Care Bill, currently going through parliament sets out some changes to the water fluoridation legislation in England. If it becomes law, the Bill will allow the Secretary […]

Fluoride could be added to the water supply across South Yorkshire to tackle Sheffield’s extremely high levels of tooth decay in children. The city has had high rates of child tooth decay for years but the problem has been exacerbated by families unable to get dental appointments during Covid. Sarah Roberts, a consultant in dental […]

WE wanted to respond to some of the comments made by Dave Siddall (The Cumberland News letters, February 11) about our work to connect West Cumbria to water supplies from Thirlmere. In West Cumbria we have some unique challenges that we needed to face when our licence to abstract water from Ennerdale was revoked by the […]

PETITION: Paul Carr is opposed to fluoridation A COCKERMOUTH man has launched a petition calling for a public consultation into fluoridation. Paul Carr, of Fluoride Free Cumbria, said: “The mandatory addition of fluoridation chemicals to the water supply in West Cumbria is against all the principles of democracy and pharmacology.” He claims it causes fluorosis […]

WE have all had leaflets informing us that our future water supplies will come from Thirlmere. What the leaflet will not mention is that we consumers will all eventually have to repay the £300million-plus cost of the scheme. This pipeline scheme mainly arose because of doubtful claims that using Ennerdale Water would damage the ecology […]

Readers have been responding to a story following a group which is campaigning yo get fluoride out of the drinking water. For more than 50 years fluoride has been added to West Cumbrian water supplies. Fluoride Free Cumbria claims it is harmful to people’s health and has been lobbying politicians and councils over the years. […]