News Archive

THERE was only a slow trickle of visitors when the Great Fluoride Debate reached Eastleigh. Health chiefs staged the latest in their series of public drop-in events at the town’s Wells Centre. Staff from South Central Strategic Health Authority were joined by anti-fluoride campaigners from the Green Party as Southampton City Primary Care Trust’s proposal […]

THE first of three Question Time-style events on water fluoridation for Southampton will take place on Monday. As the fluoride debate gathers pace in the city, the public will get a chance to quiz dental professionals, health bosses and anti-fluoride campaigners on the issue. Southampton City Primary Care Trust (PCT) wants to add extra fluoride […]

THE call for fluoride to be added to our region’s water is a demand that we have heard many times before. It is a subject just as emotive these days as ever it was with irate opponents e-mailing and bombarding media outlets. The National Pure Water Association calls it a “violation of human rights”, arguing […]

THE possible introduction of fluoride to the local water supply has been a controversial issue in Bolton for several decades. Lost in the mists of time there was a referendum that came down against and — if the letters column of this newspaper is any guide — there are still a great many people who […]

A NEW strategy with the focus of preventing dental problems among children is be introduced in Sheffield. Dentists in the city, who are currently paid according to how much treatment they carry out, will be asked to sign a new contract that will encourage them to carry out more preventive work. The changes are part […]

HEALTH bosses are considering whether to ask for plans to be drawn up which could lead to fluoride being added to water supplies in more parts of Cumbria. Already around 130,000 people in West Cumbria receive fluoridated water. Changes to the Water Act in 2003 have given Primary Care Trusts the chance to consider water […]

IN your article concerning the introduction of fluoride into local drinking water (The Cumberland News, October 3), Eric Rooney, the dental health consultant for Cumbria, makes a number of statements that deserve further scrutiny. The first concerns the amount of fluoride people are exposed to. This is a crucial issue as 50 per cent of […]

HEALTH bosses agreed to investigate the possibility of adding fluoride to the water supply in the north west at a meeting last week. The board at NHS Warrington accepted a paper that asked them to request further investigation into the feasibility of the scheme. For now, all that means is that the Strategic Health Authority, […]

SOUTHAMPTON’S health chiefs have again insisted fluoridation is the only way to combat tooth decay in the city’s youngsters. They argue repeated attempts to improve dental health in deprived areas have failed to cut the number of children suffering rotten teeth. The projects trialled have included handing out free toothbrushes and toothpaste each school term, […]

Southampton is leading the way in seeking the public’s views on adding flouride to their tap water. And this month, health chiefs step up the consultation by staging the first in a series of TV’s Question Time-style events. The move is in light of high levels of tooth decay and is an attempt at turning […]