My Mouth Cancer Action event

Working as part of the Community Dental Services team in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, one of our focus points for this year’s Mouth Cancer Action Month in November was to examine and check for signs of mouth cancer amongst this client group.

This year, we chose a charity who we already work closely with in Digbeth, Birmingham – SIFA Fireside. This charity supports adults who face all aspects of homelessness by providing support, access to other agencies as well as hot breakfasts and lunches.

It all began back in the summer when I emailed the events manager at SIFA, explaining our intention and also asking for myself, Gillian Howie (StR in Special Care Dentistry) and Lucy Edwards (Senior Dental Nurse – Special Care Dentistry), to come into SIFA to promote and raise awareness of mouth cancer.