UK - Daily Echo letter

No way for health body to behave
THE South Central Strategic Health Authority is acting very much like the stroppy teenager that locks themself in the bathroom and refuses to talk, having failed to impose their will upon the rest of us.
They seriously misjudged the public mood, especially when the result of the public consultation on adding fluoride to tap water was not to their liking. They have declined to respond to many of the points made by contributors to your paper on the subject, even though these have appeared on an almost daily basis for months.
The most recent statistics on children's dental health in this area reveal that there is not the serious problem that was at first believed. Instead of re-examining the basis for the decision, they are now simply blaming the way the statistics were compiled and refusing to enter talks, pretending that they can't do so because of an outstanding judicial review.
This is no way for a professional public health body to behave. They are only acting this way because they can. Unlike, all the local authorities and MPs opposed to the proposals, they don't ever face a public vote.
CLLR DAVID HARRISON,
Leader, New Forest District Liberal Democrats