“Dental deserts” are emerging across England after more than 2,000 dentists quit the NHS last year, leaving millions of people struggling to get checkups or have toothaches fixed, a new report from … Read more
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NHS dentistry is facing a “twin crisis of access and affordability”, according to the watchdog Healthwatch England, which means in reality for many people NHS dentistry no longer exists. The … Read more
More and more people do not go to the dentist because it’s too expensive, according to research by Hudgell Solicitors. Even under the NHS in the UK checkups cost £22.50, … Read more
Trisha Costello was fined £160 fine after her daughter had gone for a check-up at the dentist. The fine was overturned, but it was one of 1.7 million fines over … Read more
A firm profiting from patients who cannot get to an NHS dentist because of cuts is being endorsed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Access MyDentist targets areas with big shortages of … Read more
