At the start of Sugar Awareness Week (13–19 November 2023), Professor Paula Waterhouse, BSPD’s president, wrote to the new secretary of state for health and social care to congratulate her on the new position, but also asking for the government’s dental recovery plan.
Local authorities across England will benefit from almost £267m of government funding next year to improve drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services.
It may be time to go electric when it comes to kids brushing their teeth, according to new research by the Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine.
To mark Sugar Awareness Week (November 13 -19), a survey by Action on Sugar has revealed over a third of sweet food and drink products sold in major high street coffee shops exceed an adult’s daily limit of sugar (30g for free sugars) in just one serve. The charity is calling for levies to be introduced to reduce sugar content and encourage transparent nutrition information.
Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire, has criticised the government for failing to address the crisis in NHS dental care.
The chief medical officer’s annual report says we can improve older citizens' quality of life, and this should be a major aim of policy and medical practice.
A new cross-sectional study investigating the relationship between the number of teeth, self-reported gum condition and intake of food and nutrition has demonstrated that people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to lack key nutrients such as dietary fibre, vitamins, and minerals due to a decrease in the number of teeth and deterioration of the condition of their gums.
Smile Together is proud to officially publish its 2022/2023 Social and Environmental Impact Report entitled: ‘A force for good in a changing landscape’.
NHS dental appointments will soon be offered to children at Whitleigh Primary School, thanks to the work of the Plymouth Dental Task Force.
The British Dental Association (BDA) has stressed the government must act to meaningfully restore access to NHS dentistry as oral cancer rates and deaths continue to rise.
Following King Charles III’s speech at the opening of Parliament, the government has announced a package of funding to support stop smoking services. The announcement follows the launch of a consultation on a new law which would make it illegal for children who turn 14 this year or younger ever legally to be sold cigarettes in England.
With early diagnosis boosting the chances of beating mouth cancer from 50 to 90 per cent, local people across Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven are being asked to check their mouths and seek advice during Mouth Cancer Action Month, November 1 – 30, 2023.
Health campaigners, doctors, local councillors, academics, NHS leaders and survivors of smoking from across England have come together to welcome the government’s legislative plans to create a smokefree generation in November 7, 2023, King’s Speech.
The Oral Health Foundation and Portman-Dentex are urging parents to make sure their children receive a vaccination that could save their lives by preventing a range of deadly cancers, including mouth cancer.
On November 7, 2023, King Charles III delivered his first address as monarch at the opening of Parliament. The king laid out the government’s legislative agenda for the next session.
