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Advisory board discusses regional nursing coverage, Dover full‑time hire and spike in flu cases
Summary
Board members reviewed regional public-health nursing arrangements, confirmed shared-services support for Sherborn’s 15 hours to expand a Dover hire, and heard staff reports on a January spike in influenza cases, primarily in schools.
Advisory-board staff described current regional public-health nursing arrangements, the funding decision that helped Dover recruit a near‑full‑time nurse and surveillance data showing elevated influenza activity in January.
Regional nursing arrangement and town hires
Staff said the grant funds a regional public-health nurse position at 50 percent FTE to coordinate nursing capacity across the four towns. Dover secured town meeting approval for a 25-hour-per-week public-health nurse position; the advisory board voted to contribute shared-services…
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