Around one in ten people in England receive drinking water supplied by a fluoridation scheme. This is the national figure for England, from the 2026 health monitoring report.
Source: UKHSA and DHSC ↗, 30 March 2026
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Where fluoridation schemes operate
Government guidance names these regions as having fluoridation schemes. A scheme covers part of a region, not every address in it.
- Parts of the North East (including Newcastle upon Tyne)
- Parts of the North West (including Workington and Crewe)
- Parts of the East Midlands (including Scunthorpe and Lincoln)
- Parts of the West Midlands (including Birmingham)
Source: DHSC, NHS England and UK health departments ↗, 10 September 2025
The government's North East consultation names the existing scheme areas there as parts of County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields, Wallsend and Whitley Bay.
Source: DHSC ↗, 7 March 2025
What this page does not cover
The national figure above covers England. We have no postcode-to-scheme lookup for the UK, including Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
We do not show a fluoride level for any area: these sources say where schemes operate, not how much fluoride your tap water contains.
Related pages
Sources
- UKHSA and DHSC ↗ · Open Government Licence v3.0 · read 13 October 2026
- DHSC, NHS England and UK health departments ↗ · Open Government Licence v3.0 · read 13 October 2026
- DHSC ↗ · Open Government Licence v3.0 · read 13 October 2026
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