Nottingham water fluoridation campaign

Around 30 per cent of Nottingham’s water is currently fluoridated. In an effort to tackle growing child tooth decay, health experts are calling for 100 per cent of water to be fluoridated.

John Doddy, a local doctor, is one of the key campaigners. Speaking to ITV News Central, he said, "The single biggest population intervention that you can do to improve the oral health of a population is fluoridation.

"Just add it to the water and immediately you see fantastic changes occurring across the whole gamut of the population, but especially to kids, especially the under-fives, the changes would be phenomenal."

In July, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities released a survey revealing that five-year-olds in deprived areas were 2.5 times as likely to experience dental decay.