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To: Becks Boomer-Clark CEO Lift Schools
Children’s Teeth Matter!
Reinstate the Prevention, Action and Treatment dental initiative, provided free of charge to Newington Primary School. Our children and our children’s teeth matter.
Why is this important?
The Prevention, Action and Treatment initiative is a groundbreaking programme, giving our children, including the poorest people in our community, access to an NHS dentist, providing daily supervised brushing, twice yearly fluoride varnishing and treatment of dental issues to the children and the families of our children who otherwise would not the means or access to a dentist. Thirty two thousand children from 143 schools in our area currently benefit, increasing their life prospects, self confidence and general health while reducing tooth decay, illness and time off school ill.
Our school is the only school to have withdrawn from the dental programme and our children deserve more.
Our school is the only school to have withdrawn from the dental programme and our children deserve more.
