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New NHS dentists for 6,000 patients

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5:21pm Friday 3rd July 2009

A NEW DENTAL surgery is about to open its doors to 6,000 NHS patients, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Swine flu hits third child at city school

Swine flu

9:20am Thursday 2nd July 2009

A THIRD child at a Hampshire junior school has contracted swine flu, as the number of confirmed cases in the county has more than doubled.

Anti-flu drugs for maternity workers

The Princess Anne Hospital

10:14am Wednesday 1st July 2009

UP to 17 maternity workers have been handed anti-viral drugs after a midwife at a Southampton hospital contracted swine flu.

Swine flu in city hospital

Daily Echo News

1:20pm Tuesday 30th June 2009

A MIDWIFE at a Southampton maternity unit has been diagnosed with swine flu, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Gidley backs calls for a vote on fluoride

Sandra Gidley

10:40am Monday 29th June 2009

The people should have the final say. That is the message from a Hampshire MP backing calls for the public to be given a vote on plans to fluoridate Hampshire tap water.

End of mixed wards at Winchester's Royal Hampshire County Hospital

11:26am Monday 29th June 2009

HEALTH chiefs are spending £232,000 so patients at a Winchester hospital do not have to be treated on mixed gender wards.

Daily Echo backs calls for a referendum on fluoride issue

Fluoride – just a month to D-day

3:10pm Saturday 27th June 2009

GIVE us a vote. The Daily Echo today backs calls for a referendum on controversial plans to fluoridate Hampshire’s tap water.

Southampton parents who keep pupils from swine flu school risk fines

Director of public health, Dr Andrew Mortimore, who is reassuring parents the NHS has plans to place to manage the outbreak.

11:29am Saturday 27th June 2009

PARENTS keeping their children away from a swine flu-hit Hampshire school are risking fines for truancy, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Three university staff tested for swine flu

11:23am Saturday 27th June 2009

THREE members of staff at the University of Winchester are suspected to have caught swine flu.

Swine flu confirmed at Southampton school

Tanners Brook Junior School

1:10pm Friday 26th June 2009

A PUPIL from Tanners Brook Junior School has become the latest victim of swine flu.


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