Tonsil trouble;Child File;The week in Education;Briefing;News and opinion

26th November 1999, 12:00am

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Tonsil trouble;Child File;The week in Education;Briefing;News and opinion

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/tonsil-troublechild-filethe-week-educationbriefingnews-and-opinion
THE DEPARTMENT of Health has estimated that 20,000 children a year are having their tonsils removed unnecessarily. The statistics emerged as part of a new drive to cut the number of needless, expensive operations.

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