Free mouth cancer screening in the East Riding

28 October, 2014

City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC) Dental Services and Public Health Services are offering a mouth cancer screening event  to raise awareness, provide advice and carry out free mouth cancer screening sessions in accordance with the Mouth Cancer Action Month 2014 national campaign.

The free mouth cancer screening will take place in Bridlington Spa and people can drop in with no appointment.

Gill Greenwood, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at CHCP CIC, is keen to raise awareness of the disease and encourage more people to get checked regularly. She said, “The cases of mouth cancer are increasing on a yearly basis and unfortunately, tobacco use and drinking alcohol are the main risk factors, accounting for 75% of cases in the UK. We have set up this session to encourage people to take notice of this disease. If it is caught early the chances of survival are transformed to more than 90% of cases.

 “Cases tend to be higher in those who drink, smoke or have a poor diet, but more recently, the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) transmitted via oral sex has been linked to mouth cancer and younger people are particularly at risk. Mouth cancer kills more people than cervical cancer and testicular cancer combined, so we have set up this session across to offer free screening and advice, no appointment is necessary.”

 The Mouth Cancer screening will be on Wednesday 12th November 2014 from 9am to 3.30pm at

Bridlington Spa
South Marine Drive
Bridlington
YO15 3JH