The changeover from a Sure Start service to a council-run children's centre is going to cost 180 children their free dental care at the centre.
The provision in Eastbourne, East Sussex, was previously run by East Sussex Primary Care Trust as a Sure Start service, but now that it has been taken over by East Sussex County Council as a children's centre, service money will not be allowed to be spent on providing dental treatment from June this year.
A spokesperson from the council said, 'We are not allowed to use the grant for services that are provided elsewhere through other Government funding, as is the case with dentistry. We have to ensure that the grant we receive from the Government is spent on providing core children's centre services.'
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