Community water fluoridation project to proceed

The chair of the British Fluoridation Society (BFS) Barry Cockcroft CBE, has welcomed a statement made by the minister of state for the Department of Health and Social Care, Will Quince, of his intention to proceed with increasing the coverage of community water fluoridation schemes in North East England.

The announcement was made during the minister’s speech to a committee debate on ‘Draft Water Fluoridation Consultation Regulations 2022’ on October 24, 2022.

Will said, “One element in deciding whether we proceed with a water fluoridation proposal is of course a cost-benefit analysis of said proposal, and any new proposal would have to demonstrate that the benefit to health represents good value for the investment of public money being proposed.