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Revised payment arrangements to reward dentists for seeing more NHS patients

Revised payment arrangements for NHS dentists will be linked more closely to the number of patients they see from April to avoid a “cliff-edge” for practices, the Scottish Government has announced. Ministers said the revised arrangements will help ...

02 Mar 2022 at 20:55

Night time and weekend dental appointments as dentists tackle backlog

NHS dental patients are to be offered care over weekends and into the night as dentists try to tackle the backlog of care built up by the Covid-19 pandemic, officials have said. More than 350,000 additional dentist appointments are to be made ...

25 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Unions angry at pay awards for public sector workers

The Government is on a collision course with public sector workers including nurses and teachers after announcing pay rises which were attacked as a real-terms wage cut. One union leader warned of co-ordinated strike action in response to ...

19 Jul 2022 at 23:34

Baby food pouches ‘more sugary than Coca-Cola’, dentists warn

08 Jul 2022 at 01:01

NHS dentistry on its ‘last legs’ despite data showing surge in treatments

Despite a surge in the number of dental treatments carried out across England, sector leaders have warned that NHS dentistry is on its “last legs”. New figures from NHS Digital show that 26.4 million courses of treatment were ...

25 Aug 2022 at 17:22

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Lack of NHS dental services impacting across County Derry

People from across County Derry are facing unparalleled difficulties accessing dental services through the NHS. Of the 18 dental practices approached by the County Derry Post across the entire county, only one dentist could ...

16 Aug 2022 at 14:33

Lack of NHS dentists is ‘putting at risk Government’s levelling up agenda’ – MP

Problems accessing NHS dentistry provision are “putting at risk the Government’s levelling up agenda” a Conservative MP has warned. Scott Benton said constituents “struggling to access an NHS dentist appointment” was ...

16 Jun 2022 at 14:09

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'Difficult and challenging time' for dental patients

In spite of Department of Health advice that dentists must ‘prioritise patients on the basis of clinical need rather than registration status’, people in the city are still finding it extremely difficult to access ...

08 Aug 2022 at 19:33

Local News

'Crisis' in Laois medical card dental care

There’s only one dentist in Laois registered to treat medical card patients, it has been revealed. Laois Offaly TD Carol Nolan says the “crisis” in accessing dentists who provide services to medical card holders ...

30 May 2022 at 11:33

Thousands of dentists stop providing NHS services

Thousands of high street dentists in England are “severing ties” with the NHS, which could leave millions of patients “with no options”, leading dentists have warned. The British Dental Association (BDA) said ...

24 May 2022 at 01:01

Number of ‘dental deserts’ across England growing, figures show

The number of “dental deserts” is growing across England, according to a new analysis. The Local Government Association (LGA) said figures show a lack of NHS dentists in several parts of the country, with ...

01 Oct 2022 at 11:31

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Removal of dental services to medical card patients is a serious worry, Kildare Senator says

The removal of dental services to medical card patients is a serious worry. That's according to Labour Party Senator Mark Wall, who called on the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, to further ...

10 Dec 2022 at 12:33

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