Politics of Water Fluoridation
This page deals with anything to do with government involvement with WF, be it legislation, party manifestos, debates in Parliament, etc.
A list of legislation will be added as soon as possible. In the meantime, here are some of the highlights of 2022.
Write to your MP if you don't want to become fluoridated
We have created a letter which aims at helping your MP get educated about the issue of WF. Clicking on the link drops a copy of the letter to the bottom left of your screen. Once it has opened, "Enable Editing", edit the text in square brackets or add information including your contact details at the end. Read the letter through thoroughly before "save as" with your own file name to your hard drive and email it to your MP as an attachment.
We're also suggesting that when you write to your MP, that you enclose a letter from two scientists to Boris Johnson sent in December 2021. This was the second such letter sent to Downing Street. Both were ignored.
On 7th December 2021, the House of Lords discussed the Health and Care Bill 2021. Many Lords spoke about the main provisions of the Bill as they affect the NHS. Just 5 Lords spoke about Clauses 147 and 148 which are intended to transfer responsibility for WF to the Secretary of State for the DHSC, thus removing local accountability and potentially making 100% WF all the more certain. Lord Reay made a really sound speech on the scientific arguments against WF. The video is appended below:
A Second Speech by Lord Reay in the House of Lords on 31st January 2022
A reason for not giving the SoS for DHSC the responsibility to decide on new WF proposals, consultations and decisions.
Local decisions:
"It is important that local people have local ownership over the issues and challenges in their area, because one size will not fit all."
Ref: Churchill, J., Hansard, Volume 672, 4th March 2020. Debate on Health Inequalities.
Jo Churchill MP was appointed in July 2019 as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care at the Department for Health and Social Care. She would not have made the above statement without first having been advised. So, why did the Government later reverse this policy in respect of teeth?
Social Prescribing and Personalised Care
These Modalities sponsor an individual's right to look after his or her own health.
The two Modalities are sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care.
It looks as though that Department has got itself into a knot of gordian proportions.
NHS Personalised Care: https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/
Social Prescribing: https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/ New paragraph
