Daily Echo - HAMPSHIRE: Councils set to be able to scrap moves to add chemical to water

HAMPSHIRE: Councils set to be able to scrap moves to add chemical to water
MPs debate new council powers over fluoridation
Tom Moseley
CONTROVERSY: Tap water in Southampton is to be fluoridated.
A SHAKE-UP of the way that fluoride can be added to tap water is expected to be passed in Parliament today.
Councils will have the power to scrap fluoridation programmes under the controversial Health and Social Care Bill, which will be debated in the House of Lords.
As well as headline measures that will hand more power to GPs and increase competition, the Bill will also allow councils to make decisions on any new fluoridation schemes.
Strategic Health Authorities, the bodies previously in charge of the decision, will be axed.
With Southampton City Council having voted last year to oppose the move, it is likely the proposals for Hampshire would have been thrown out if the Government's reforms had been place at the time......
"The SHA remains confident with its decision to support the local NHS in Southampton with their plans to increase the fluoride level in local water supplies."
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