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Andy Burnham, the new Health Secretary, yesterday urged health service managers to press ahead with the controversial fluoridation of water supplies. Speaking at the NHS Confederation annual conference, Mr Burnham, an enthusiast for fluoridation, said: “I feel we’ve been too timid at times on the public health agenda. So let’s press ahead with water fluoridation, […]

When health chiefs in Southampton decided to demand the fluoridation of water supplies last year, they argued that it was the only way to reduce tooth decay, which leaves four in every ten children in the city with a filling by the time that they start school. Despite a three-month public consultation, which found 78 […]

Andy Burnham, the new Health Secretary, yesterday urged health service managers to press ahead with the controversial fluoridation of water supplies. Speaking at the NHS Confederation annual conference, Mr Burnham, an enthusiast for fluoridation, said: “I feel we’ve been too timid at times on the public health agenda. So let’s press ahead with water fluoridation, […]

It’s not quite a ministerial resignation, admittedly – but an interesting realignment of Andy Burnham’s extra-curricular roles following inquiries by The Times. The Health Secretary, who has battled through a hefty workload this week of NHS budget cut rows and swine flu (and his heavy head cold), talked in strong terms about the importance of […]

ANTI-FLUORIDE campaigners took their protest to the corridors of power this week. At No 10, Downing Street, members of Hampshire Against Fluoridation (HAF) handed in a petition bearing the names of the 15,000 people who had signed up to oppose plans to add fluoride to tap water supplies in Southampton and surrounding areas, including Nursling […]

Leigh Day & Co has commenced a judicial review challenge on behalf of Ms Geraldine Milner, a life long resident of Southampton, against the South Central Strategic Health Authority (SCSHA) in relation to its recent decision to instruct Southern Water to fluoridate the local water supply in Southampton and parts of South West Hampshire. Ms […]

JOHN DENHAM has called on health bosses to put on hold controversial plans to add fluoride to Hampshire’s water supply. Making his first public comment on the issue, the Southampton Itchen MP has warned there is a “real danger” that fluoridation will be introduced against the wishes of too many people. He spoke out as […]

CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans to add fluoride to Hampshire’s tap water today delivered their views to the Prime Minister. Members of Hampshire Against Fluoridation took a petition containing 15,300 names calling for the controversial scheme to be scrapped to Downing Street this morning. The activists were joined by Hampshire MPs Chris Huhne, Julian Lewis and Sandra […]

ANTI-fluoride campaigners will tomorrow deliver a petition to the Government, calling for plans to add the chemical to Hampshire’s water be scrapped. Around 30 activists will travel to Downing Street to hand over the signatures they have collected in opposition to the controversial scheme. The petition calls on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to reverse South […]

A HEALTH watchdog is taking legal advice before moving to tackle complaints over the decision to fluoridate the tap water in tens of thousands of Hampshire homes. Protests have been lodged over South Central Strategic Health Authority’s public consultation on the scheme. The Parliamentary and Health Service ombudsman has told MPs who have complained it […]