Corwen schoolchildren join the campaign to bring back mobile dental service
Children in Corwen, North Wales, have joined the campaign to bring a mobile dental service back. Local pupils are calling for the mobile unit, which was deemed unfit for purpose in the summer of 2016 to be replaced.
Youngsters from Ysgol Caer Drewyn, including 10-year old Cerys Howell and 11-year old Evan Perry, have appealed to the local health board to reinstate the service, which provided dental care for thousands of children in Gwynedd, Wrexham, and Denbighshire. The pupils are spearheading the campaign with a message that they want to be able to ‘grow up healthy.’
The mobile unit toured schools in the region until last summer, when it was described as ‘unfit for use’. Since it was taken off the roads, no replacement service has been introduced, and there is a worry that young children are missing out on vital dental care.
The children have joined forces with North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd in an appeal to the health board and the Welsh Government. Many of the areas visited by the unit are deprived, and concerns have been raised over standards of dental health in the future. Mr Gruffydd, from Plaid Cymru, called for funds to be made available for a new dental van.
Statistics show that the unit served around 4,000 children in North Wales.
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