Barry Cockcroft (dentist)

Barry Michael Cockcroft CBE was the Chief Dental Officer (CDO) for England.[1][2][3]

Early life

Cockcroft qualified from the Dental School at the University of Birmingham in 1973.[2][3]

Career

Cockcroft was a dentist working in Rugby in general practice for 27 years during which time he represented dentists locally on the Warwickshire Local Dental Committee (LDC), and nationally, after he was elected to the General Dental Services Committee (GDSC) in 1990.[1][2] He was appointed Deputy CDO in November 2002, and he became the acting CDO on 1 October 2005,[4] before he took up the CDO post in July 2006.[3]

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[5] While Chief Dental Officer for England, Cockcroft launched the "if in doubt, get checked out" Mouth Cancer Awareness Week campaign in November 2006.[6]

In 2015, after leaving the post at the Department of Health, Cockcroft became a non-executive director at UK Corporate dental provider MyDentist (Formally Integrated Dental Holdings),[7] one of the largest providers of NHS and private dentistry in the country.

Cockcroft was "instrumental" in developing two new dentistry schools in the United Kingdom, the Peninsula Dental School and the dental school at the University of Central Lancashire.[8]

After Steve Bedser stood down from the role, Cockcroft became interim chair of the British Fluoridation Society having previously been elected to its executive body.[9] Cockroft now continues to serve as chair of the society.[10] As chair of the society, Cockcroft promotes the public health benefits of water fluoridation and supports dentists in sharing this information with their patients.[11] Cockcroft has commented that "fluoride really helps us close this gap between those that are less well off and those from more affluent backgrounds".[12]

Personal life

Cockcroft is married and has three children.[2][3]

He appeared on the 2012 Christmas Special of the BBC's University Challenge .[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chief Dental Officer". Department of Health (UK). Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d "About the Chief Dental Officer". Department of Health (UK). Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d "Who are we? Barry Cockcroft". General Dental Council. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  4. ^ "New Acting Chief Dental Officer appointed". Department of Health (UK). Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  5. ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 7.
  6. ^ "If in doubt, get checked out". British Dental Journal. 201 (11): 694–694. 1 December 2006. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4814330 – via www.nature.com.
  7. ^ "Barry Cockcroft, CBE, is appointed non-executive director of IDH Group". www.mydentist.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Former Chief Dental Officer's return visit to University of Plymouth". British Dental Journal. 237 (5): 313–313. 1 September 2024. doi:10.1038/s41415-024-7868-8 – via www.nature.com.
  9. ^ "Barry Cockcroft to take the helm at BFS". Nature Publishing Group. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  10. ^ "About the British Fluoridation Society". Fluoridation of Drinking Water - British Fluoridation Society. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  11. ^ Bissett, Miss Gaby (19 May 2021). "Water fluoridation – stopping the spread of misinformation". Dentistry.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  12. ^ Finn, Claire (16 May 2024). "British Fluoridation Society". Fluoride in drinking water – is it good or bad?. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Christmas University Challenge – Results". www.blanchflower.org. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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Preceded by Chief Dental Officer for England
October 2005 – February 2015 		Succeeded by


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