A long established dental practice in Norfolk has closed its doors at short notice.In an area where NHS access was already poor the news of the closure reported in the Eastern Daily Press, has caused considerable concern.
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No sooner had the ink dried on research carried out by the BBC in conjunction with the BDA, which confirmed what many in the profession suspected – that 90% of NHS dental practices are closed to new patients - than new research by GB News has revealed one of the predictable consequences.
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The latest ‘NHS Dentistry and Oral Health Update’, which dropped into subscribers’ inboxes on Wednesday 31st August, revealed the response to a FOI request seeking answers to the effectiveness of the much trumpeted ‘additional £50M funding’ that was announced in January to entice practices to add additional sessions or open up for additional hours in the evenings and at weekends to confront urgent care backlogs.
Tory leadership hopeful and, if successful, PM in waiting Rishi Sunak has promised immediate action to tackle the dental profession’s deep-seated problems.
Portsmouth has the seventh lowest number of dentists per ‘100,000 population in the country* and the MP for Portsmouth South, Stephen Morgan (Lab), is no stranger to his constituents’ desperation.