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UK Against Fluoridation

Friday, April 27, 2007

UK - Hampshire - from Ann

Peter and I together with Bill Edmunds and his wife managed to get to the 7th meeting of the Hampshire PCT held at Colbury Memorial Hall and to the public seminar focussed on “NHS Dental Services”.
Professor Montgomery (Chair) spoke for 20 minutes and outlined the thinking of the PCT on dental health needs identifying areas of special concern. He admitted that many things were unsatisfactory but that they have managed to make some improvements despite financial constraints and the difficulties posed by the new dentists’ contract. The ‘fluoridation’ word was not once mentioned. Afterwards there followed a barrage of questions and comments from the floor.
Gareth Cruddace (Chief Executive) then spoke saying that dental improvements had to be taken in balance with overall health service requirements and budgetary constraints.
I managed to buttonhole Professor Montgomery briefly afterwards and expressed my relief that fluoridation had not arisen and he said that he personally did not think that that would be the right way for Hampshire to go and that other measures were being considered. Then I asked if there had been any pressure from on high in view of what was happening in Manchester and he hastened to say that he could not guarantee anything for the future. Before leaving I pressed a copy of the NPWA’s leaflet about the fluoride damaged horses in Pagosa Springs, Colorado into his hands.
This morning Peter rang the Southampton PCT and was lucky enough to speak to Dr Mortimore who said:

· the fluoridation ‘feasibility’ study was not yet complete

· the study was now in the hands of the SHA and nothing more to do with him

· Stella Saunders no longer works for the NHS
We shall continue to do our best to find out when the study is complete. Apart from that it looks as though we can relax a bit in this neck of the woods for at leas another year.

Ann

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