Local MP supports dental clinics' oral health campaign

The Crossbank Dental Care team is headed by husband and wife duo Neil Cooper, principal dentist, and Bex Cooper, director. The team is using their experience to try and reduce issues like decay and tooth loss, issues which often start in childhood.

Bex said, “Rising every year, tooth decay and extractions are now the most common reason for hospital admission in children. This is very concerning, but perhaps not surprising, when NHS statistics show children’s access to NHS dental care is just 50.4 per cent nationally, and the dental workforce is predicted to shrink by 35 per cent by 2030. As a rural county, Cumbria’s challenges are even worse, with a 25 per cent dentist vacancy rate, and children’s NHS dental access at just 45.8 per cent.