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Patients travelling ‘hundreds of miles’ to access NHS dental care – MPs hear

Some patients are having to travel hundreds of miles for NHS dental care, MPs have heard. Painting a dire picture of the state of NHS dental services in England, one local Healthwatch representative said that patients are being forced to chose ...

25 Apr 2023 at 17:06

Scotland

New first minister urged to act to halt ‘exodus’ of NHS dentists in Scotland

Dentists are demanding Scotland’s next first minister should act to prevent an “exodus” from the profession – as new figures showed almost three out five have reduced the amount of NHS work they do since lockdown. Research by the British ...

15 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Patients seen by NHS dentists fell by more than a third in December

The number of people seen by NHS dentists fell by more than a third between November and December, leading the Conservatives to claim the service has been “decimated”. Figures from Public Health Scotland (PHS) show 245,501 patients were ...

20 Feb 2024 at 17:14

Scotland

New payment system to incentivise dentists staying in NHS

A new payment system which will increase funding to dentists and incentivise them to stay in the NHS has come into effect. Dental teams providing NHS care and treatment will receive increased fees under a new payment structure to help ...

01 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Queues for dentists ‘would be repeated elsewhere’, experts say

Queues for dentists would be repeated around the country if dental practices were able to take on new NHS patients, experts have said. Hundreds of people were seen queuing in Bristol after a practice opened up its books for NHS ...

07 Feb 2024 at 09:37

Dentists to be paid more to see urgent patients under new reforms for sector

Dentists in England will be paid more to see patients in need of urgent treatment under new reforms published by the Government. It comes as a report suggests dental vouchers worth £150 a year should be introduced in a bid to ...

16 Dec 2025 at 06:58

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